row¹

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a line of people or things arranged next to one another

   A row of bicycles stood beside the station.

2. 2
   noun

   in a row: one after another, without an interruption

   Our team won four matches in a row.

3. 3
   verb

   to move a boat through water by using oars

   We rowed against the current until we reached the bridge.

4. 4
   verb

   to carry someone or something in a boat moved by oars

   The fisherman rowed the visitors back to the harbour.

Appears in

Etymology tree 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. Related to Russia.

Topics

External links

• Google Images
• Cambridge Dictionary
• Wiktionary