row
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
Noun 4 meanings
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
An act or instance of rowing.
“I went for an early-morning row.”
Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
Verb 4 meanings
To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
“to row the captain ashore in his barge”
To be moved by oars.
“The boat rows easily.”
To argue noisily.
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 *Hreyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”).
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ROW at a glance
ROW has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (R 1 + O 1 + W 4) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,442 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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