row
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,133 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,300 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line a row of chairs
- an angry dispute also: quarrel, wrangle, words, run-in, dustup they had a quarrelthey had words
- a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally) a mackerel sky filled with rows of cloudsrows of barbed wire protected the trenches
- (construction) a layer of masonry also: course a course of bricks
- a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
- a continuous chronological succession without an interruption they won the championship three years in a row
verb
- propel with oars row the boat across the lake
row in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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By the Lord! if there's a row, but I'll be among ye!
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 474 · Various · Chapter 1
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But when she does find me out, she makes no row at all.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Then she made sand-pies in clam-shells and set them in a row in the sun to bake.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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Went up the cheering, the quick chanticleering; All hands vying—all colors flying: “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” and “Row, boys, row!”
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Down the side wall facing the window stood a row of kitchen chairs from which the older women had just risen.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1