row
noun
- a single instance of rowing
verb
- to arrange something in a row
noun
- rough
noun
- noisy or violent argument; quarrel
verb
- to take part in a quarrel
noun
- single, implicitly structured data item in a table in a relational database; every row in a table has the same structure (set of columns)
- a line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
verb
- move a boat by pulling oars
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹaʊ/
name
- Ellipsis of Paternoster Row, a former street in London, England, that was a centre of the publishing trade.
- Ellipsis of Savile Row, a street in London, England, known for its traditional bespoke tailoring.
“Three points about this unobtrusive person showed promptly to the exercised eye that he was not a Row man pur sang. First, an irrepressible wrinkle or two in the waist of his frock-coat—denoting that he had not damned his tailor sufficiently to drive that tradesman up to the orthodox high pressure of cunning workmanship.”
“Its mission is to protect and promote the art of bespoke tailoring on The Row.”
noun
Etymology: Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.
- 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.”
- A continual loud noise.
“Who's making that row?”
verb
Etymology: Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.
- To argue noisily.