row

noun

/ˈɹəʊ/UK/ˈɹoʊ/US/ɾo//ɹaʊ/

Etymology

From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *rīgǭ (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”). Cognate with Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”).

derived from *reyk-✻
derived from *raiwō✻
inherited from rǣw
inherited from rewe

Definitions

1
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants…
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
- And there were windows in three rows.
- The bright seraphim in burning row.
A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a…
A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
3
Clipping of cornrow.
- Vyreen had just finished braiding my hair, and his call had caught me coming out of her crib with my 'rows looking tight.
- If you thought it'd be hard to get a good cornrow braiding in Latvia, think again. Porzingis said he was re-braided almost every week to keep his rows fresh.
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1. To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
2. 5
  To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
  - to row the captain ashore in his barge
3. 6
  To be moved by oars.
  - The boat rows easily.
4. 7
  An act or instance of rowing.
  - I went for an early-morning row.
5. Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of…
  Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
6. 9
  A noisy argument.
  - There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
  - In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
7. 10
  A continual loud noise.
  - Who's making that row?
8. To argue noisily.
9. A surname.
10. Ellipsis of Paternoster Row, a former street in London, England, that was a centre of the…
  Ellipsis of Paternoster Row, a former street in London, England, that was a centre of the publishing trade.
11. 14
  Ellipsis of Savile Row, a street in London, England, known for its traditional bespoke…
  Ellipsis of Savile Row, a street in London, England, known for its traditional bespoke tailoring.
  - Its mission is to protect and promote the art of bespoke tailoring on The Row.
12. Initialism of run of week.
13. Initialism of rest of world.
14. Initialism of right of way.
15. Initialism of rest of world

The neighborhood

neighborarow
neighborback row
neighborbald-headed row
neighborcamp as a row of tents
neighborcheckrow
neighborChristcross-row
neighborColliery Row
neighborComberow
neighborcrossrow
neighbordeath row
neighborfencerow
neighborFisherrow

Derived

rower, rown, trade row

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at row. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at row. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at row

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA