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row
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English r?w, r?w, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiw?, *raigw?, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Middle Dutch r?e, Dutch rij (“row, line”), Old High German r?ga (“line”), rihan (“to string”), Middle High German rige (“line, row, ditch”), r?he (“row, line, corridor”), German Reihe (“row”), Middle Low German r?ge, r?ge, Old Norse rega (“string”), Middle Dutch r?ghe, Dutch rijg, rijge, German Riege (“sports team”).
Alternative forms
- rew (dialectal)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?, IPA(key): /????/
- (US) enPR: r?, IPA(key): /??o?/
- Homophones: rho, roe
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
row (plural rows)
- 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.
- Antonym: column
Synonyms
- (line of objects): line, sequence, series, succession, tier (of seats)
- (in a table): line
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English r?wan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *r?an? (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?reh?- (“to row”). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?, IPA(key): /???/
- (US) enPR: r?, IPA(key): /?o?/
- Homophones: rho, roe
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)
- (transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
- Synonym: paddle
- (transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
- (intransitive) To be moved by oars.
- The boat rows easily.
Derived terms
- get in the boat and row
- rowboat (see also rowing boat)
Translations
Noun
row (plural rows)
- An act or instance of rowing.
- (weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
Translations
Etymology 3
Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.
Pronunciation
- enPR: rou, IPA(key): /?a?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
row (plural rows)
- A noisy argument.
- Synonyms: argument, disturbance, fight, fracas, quarrel, shouting match, slanging match
- A continual loud noise.
- Synonyms: din, racket
Translations
Verb
row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)
- (intransitive) to argue noisily
- Synonyms: argue, fight
Translations
Anagrams
- Wor., wor
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *rov?. Cognate with Upper Sorbian row, Polish rów (“ditch”), Czech rov, Russian ??? (rov, “ditch”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (rov?, “ditch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?w/, [row]
Noun
row m (diminutive rowk)
- grave
Declension
Further reading
- row in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- row in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Manx
Etymology
From an old perfective particle ro- + va.
Verb
row
- was, were (dependent form)
Usage notes
Part of the substantive verb bee. This is the dependent form of the past tense va used after negative and interrogative particles:
- Cha row aggle erbee er.
- He was not in the least afraid.
- Dooyrt eh dy row eh mac y ree.
- He claimed that he was the son of the king.
- Cha row aggle erbee er.
Old English
Alternative forms
- r?
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *r?u, from Proto-Germanic *r?w?. Cognate with Old Norse ró (“rest”) and German Ruhe (“quietness, rest, repose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ro?w/
Noun
r?w f
- quiet, rest, calm
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: ro, rou, rowe, roo
- English: roo
- Scots: ro, ruve
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “r?w”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Scots
Noun
row (plural rows)
- roll
Derived terms
- row-cloth: a folding cloak of warm cloth
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *rov?.
Noun
row m
- grave
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Noun
r?w f (plural rowa)
- rook (bird)
- raven
Yola
Noun
row
- Alternative form of reoue
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arow
English
Alternative forms
- a-row
Etymology
a- +? row
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???o?/
- Rhymes: -??
Adverb
arow (not comparable)
- In a row, line, or rank; successively.
- c. 1589, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, Act V, Scene 1,[1]
- O mistress, mistress, shift and save yourself!
- My master and his man are both broke loose,
- Beaten the maids a-row and bound the doctor
- Whose beard they have singed off with brands of fire
- 1680, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises, or the Doctrine of Handy-Works, Number 10 “Of Turning,” ¶ 8, p. 184,[2]
- And in the middle of the Breadth of the Cross-Greddle is made several holes all arow to receive the Iron Pin set upright in the Treddle.
- 1716, John Dryden (editor), “A Description of the Tombs in Westminster-Abby” in The Third Part of Miscellany Poems, 4th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, p. 305,[3]
- And now the Presses open stand
- And ye see them all arow,
- But never so more is said of these
- Than what is said below.
- 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, Chapter 8,[4]
- The chairs were all a-row against the walls, with the exception of four or five which stood in a circle round the fire.
- c. 1589, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, Act V, Scene 1,[1]
Anagrams
- WORA
Middle English
Alternative forms
- arwe, arowe, aruwe, arew, arewe
Etymology
From Old English earh, ?rwe, from Proto-Germanic *arhw?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ar?u?/, /?a?r?u?/, /?arw?/, /?a?rw?/, /?ar?u?/
Noun
arow (plural arows or arewen)
- An arrow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
- (figuratively) Anything felt to have a (metaphorically) piercing effect.
Descendants
- English: arrow
- Scots: arrae, arow, arowe
References
- “arwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.
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