Row

Quick meaning: Row is a noun meaning A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.

Meaning

A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.

More Meanings

1. A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
2. (transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
3. (transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
4. (intransitive) To be moved by oars.
5. An act or instance of rowing.
6. (weightlifting) Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
7. (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of cornrow.

Example Sentences

The boat rows easily.

I went for an early-morning row.

The bright seraphim in burning row.

And there were windows in three rows.

Word Forms

• rows
• rowing
• rowed

Synonyms for row

Depending on context, synonyms include line, sequence, series, succession, tier, paddle.

Antonyms for row

Common opposites include column.

Related Words

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