row 1 (r?)n.1. A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line.2. A succession without a break or gap in time: won the title for three years in a row.3. A line of adjacent seats, as in a theater, auditorium, or classroom.4. A continuous line of buildings along a street.tr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows To place in a row.Idiom: a tough row to hoe Informal A difficult situation to endure.[Middle English, from Old English r?w.]row 2 (r?)v. rowed, row·ing, rows v.intr. Nautical To use an oar or pair of oars in propelling a boat, typically by facing the stern and pulling the oar handle toward oneself, using an oarlock as a fulcrum to push the blade backward through the water repeatedly.v.tr.1. Nautical a. To propel (a boat) with oars.b. To carry in or on a boat propelled by oars.c. To use (a specified number of oars or people deploying them).2. To propel or convey in a manner resembling rowing of a boat.3. Sports a. To pull (an oar) as part of a racing crew.b. To race against by rowing.n. Nautical 1. a. The act or an instance of rowing.b. A shift at the oars of a boat.2. A trip or an excursion in a rowboat.[Middle English rowen, from Old English r?wan; see er?- in Indo-European roots.]row?er n.row 3 (rou)n.1. A noisy or quarrel or disturbance.2. A loud noise.intr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows To take part in a noisy quarrel or disturbance.[Origin unknown.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.row (r??) n1. an arrangement of persons or things in a line: a row of chairs. 2. (Human Geography) a. chiefly Brit a street, esp a narrow one lined with identical housesb. (capital when part of a street name): Church Row. 3. a line of seats, as in a cinema, theatre, etc4. (Mathematics) maths a horizontal linear arrangement of numbers, quantities, or terms, esp in a determinant or matrix5. (Chess & Draughts) a horizontal rank of squares on a chessboard or draughtboard6. in a row in succession; one after the other: he won two gold medals in a row. 7. a hard row to hoe a difficult task or assignment[Old English r?w, r?w; related to Old High German r?ga line, Lithuanian raiwe strip]row (ra?) n1. a noisy quarrel or dispute2. a noisy disturbance; commotion: we couldn’t hear the music for the row next door. 3. a reprimand4. give someone a row informal to scold someone; tell someone offvb5. (often foll by: with) to quarrel noisily6. (tr) archaic to reprimand[C18: origin unknown]row (r??) vb1. (Rowing) to propel (a boat) by using oars2. (Rowing) (tr) to carry (people, goods, etc) in a rowing boat3. (Rowing) to be propelled by means of (oars or oarsmen)4. (Rowing) (intr) to take part in the racing of rowing boats as a sport, esp in eights, in which each member of the crew pulls one oar. Compare scull65. (Rowing) (tr) to race against in a boat propelled by oars: Oxford row Cambridge every year. n6. (Rowing) an act, instance, period, or distance of rowing7. (Rowing) an excursion in a rowing boat[Old English r?wan; related to Middle Dutch roien, Middle High German rüejen, Old Norse r?a, Latin r?mus oar] ?rower n ?rowing nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014row1 (ro?) n. 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line. 2. a line of persons or things so arranged. 3. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theater. 4. a street formed by two continuous lines of buildings. 5. one of the horizontal lines of squares on a checkerboard; rank. v.t. 6. to put in a row (often fol. by up). Idioms: hard, long, or tough row to hoe, an extremely difficult set of circumstances to contend with. 7. in a row, one after another; in succession. [1175?1225; Middle English row(e); compare Old English r?w] row2 (ro?) v.i. 1. to propel a vessel by the leverage of oars or the like. v.t. 2. to propel (a vessel) with oars or the like. 3. to convey in a boat that is rowed. 4. to convey or propel (something) in a manner suggestive of rowing. 5. to require, use, or be equipped with (a number of oars). 6. to use (oarsmen) for rowing. 7. to row against in a race. n. 8. an act or period of rowing. 9. an excursion in a rowboat. [before 950; Middle English; Old English r?wan, c. Middle Low German r?jen, Middle High German rüejen to steer, Old Norse r?a; akin to Latin r?mus oar] row?er, n. row3 (ra?) n. 1. a noisy dispute or quarrel. v.i. 2. to quarrel noisily. [1740?50] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.rowwindbreak – A row of trees acting as a fence.acrostic – From Greek akron, “end,” and stikhos, “row, line of verse.”queue – Has the forms queued and queuing or queueing; queueing has five vowels in a row.row – The verb comes from Germanic ro-, “steer,” and row, “orderly line,” which is from Germanic raigwa.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.Row a number of things or persons set out in a circle, in a string or series, or in a line?Wilkes.Examples: row of answers, 1674; of beans; of grain, 1707; of houses, 1450; of onions, 1880; of piles, 1229; of pillars, 1610; of pineapples, 1779; of stakes, 1719; of theatre seats, 1710; of teeth, 1887; of words, 1510; of writers, 1576.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.rowPast participle: rowedGerund: rowingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativerowrowPresentI rowyou rowhe/she/it rowswe rowyou rowthey rowPreteriteI rowedyou rowedhe/she/it rowedwe rowedyou rowedthey rowedPresent ContinuousI am rowingyou are rowinghe/she/it is rowingwe are rowingyou are rowingthey are rowingPresent PerfectI have rowedyou have rowedhe/she/it has rowedwe have rowedyou have rowedthey have rowedPast ContinuousI was rowingyou were rowinghe/she/it was rowingwe were rowingyou were rowingthey were rowingPast PerfectI had rowedyou had rowedhe/she/it had rowedwe had rowedyou had rowedthey had rowedFutureI will rowyou will rowhe/she/it will rowwe will rowyou will rowthey will rowFuture PerfectI will have rowedyou will have rowedhe/she/it will have rowedwe will have rowedyou will have rowedthey will have rowedFuture ContinuousI will be rowingyou will be rowinghe/she/it will be rowingwe will be rowingyou will be rowingthey will be rowingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been rowingyou have been rowinghe/she/it has been rowingwe have been rowingyou have been rowingthey have been rowingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been rowingyou will have been rowinghe/she/it will have been rowingwe will have been rowingyou will have been rowingthey will have been rowingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been rowingyou had been rowinghe/she/it had been rowingwe had been rowingyou had been rowingthey had been rowingConditionalI would rowyou would rowhe/she/it would rowwe would rowyou would rowthey would rowPast ConditionalI would have rowedyou would have rowedhe/she/it would have rowedwe would have rowedyou would have rowedthey would have rowedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011