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row/r?/
Noun:
A number of people or things in a more or less straight line: "her villa stood in a row of similar ones".
A period of rowing.
A noisy acrimonious quarrel: "they had a row and she stormed out of the house".
Verb:
Propel (a boat) with oars: "out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy".
Have a quarrel: "they rowed about who would receive the money from the sale".

row 1 |r?|
noun
a number of people or things in a more or less straight line: her villa stood in a row of similar ones.
• a line of seats in a theater: they sat in the front row.
• a street with a continuous line of houses along one or both of its sides, esp. when specifying houses of a particular type or function: fraternity row.
• a horizontal line of entries in a table.
• a complete line of stitches in knitting or crochet.
PHRASES
a hard (or tough ) row to hoe a difficult task.
in a row forming a line: four chairs were set in a row. • informal in succession: we get six days off in a row.
ORIGIN Old English r?w, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rij and German Reihe .
row 2 |r?|
verb [ with obj. ]
propel (a boat) with oars: out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy.
• [ no obj. ] travel by propelling a boat in this way: we rowed down the river all day.
• convey (a passenger) in a boat by propelling it with oars: her father was rowing her across the lake.
• [ no obj. ] engage in the sport of rowing, esp. competitively: he rowed for Yale.
noun |ro?| [ in sing. ]
a period of rowing.
DERIVATIVES
rower noun
ORIGIN Old English r?wan, of Germanic origin; related to rudder; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus ‘oar,’Greek eretmon ‘oar.’
row 3 |rou| informal
noun
a noisy acrimonious quarrel: they had a row and she stormed out of the house.
• a serious dispute: the director is at the center of a row over policy decisions.
• a loud noise or uproar: if he's at home he must have heard that row.
verb [ no obj. ]
have a quarrel: they rowed about who would receive the money from the sale.
PHRASES
make (or kick up ) a row make a noise or commotion. • make a vigorous protest.
ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin.