row

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
• A noisy argument.
• A continual loud noise.

Verb

• To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
• To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
• To be moved by oars.
• To argue noisily.

Related

Similar words

• line, sequence, series, succession, tier
• line

Origin

• From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *raih-, from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- ("to carve, scratch, etch"). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rå, Middle Dutch rīe, Dutch rij ("row, line"), Old High German rīga ("line"), rihan, Middle High German rige ("line, row, ditch"), rīhe, German Reihe ("row"), Middle Low German rēge, rīge, Old Norse rega ("string"), Middle Dutch rīghe, Dutch rijg, rijge, German Riege ("sports team").
• From Middle English rowen ("to row"), from Old English rōwan ("to row"), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną ("to row"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- ("to row"). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder.
• Unclear; some suggest it is a , verb.