dictionary definitions for "row"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  row
      n 1: an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line;
           "a row of chairs"
      2: an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
         [syn: quarrel, wrangle, words, run-in, dustup]
      3: a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally); "a
         mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"; "rows of barbed
         wire protected the trenches"
      4: (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks"
         [syn: course]
      5: a linear array of numbers side by side
      6: a continuous chronological succession without an
         interruption; "they won the championship three years in a
         row"
      7: the act of rowing as a sport [syn: rowing]
      v : propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Row \Row\, a. & adv. [See Rough.]
     Rough; stern; angry. [Obs.] "Lock he never so row."
     --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Row \Row\, n. [Abbrev. fr. rouse, n.]
     A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl. [Colloq.]
     --Byron.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Row \Row\, n. [OE. rowe, rawe, rewe, AS. r[=a]w, r?w; probably
     akin to D. rij, G. reihe; cf. Skr. r?kh[=a] a line, stroke.]
     A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a
     line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or
     columns.
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           And there were windows in three rows.    --1 Kings vii.
                                                    4.
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           The bright seraphim in burning row.      --Milton.
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     Row culture (Agric.), the practice of cultivating crops in
        drills.
  
     Row of points (Geom.), the points on a line, infinite in
        number, as the points in which a pencil of rays is
        intersected by a line.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Row \Row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Rowing.] [AS. r?wan; akin to D. roeijen, MHG. r["u]ejen,
     Dan. roe, Sw. ro, Icel. r?a, L. remus oar, Gr. ?, Skr.
     aritra. [root]8. Cf. Rudder.]
     1. To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the
        surface of water; as, to row a boat.
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     2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the
        captain ashore in his barge.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Row \Row\, v. i.
     1. To use the oar; as, to row well.
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     2. To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Row \Row\, n.
     The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:

  row
  
     record
  


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