row
Meaning
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- 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.
- (slang) Clipping of cornrow.
Synonyms
slash earth
in a line
in rows
make a row
have a row
swear at
throw mud at
give someone hell
be at
comb down
inveigh against
lay someone out
let into
make an uproar
rail against
rearmost row
range of hills
be down on
be on at
bum-rap
call over the coals
move oars
scold for
give somebody hell
in file
slangwhang
to criticize sharply
opportune moment
blast on someone
chew somebody's ass out
get on somebody's ass
lay out someone
sling mud at
сall names
go off at smb.
give fits
give somebody shit
trash someone
cut a beef
utter imprecations
tell someone Off
claw away
deal it out
go crook
ass-kick
let go with
give someone a tongue-lashing
ballock somebody
bollock somebody
ride a pony
slap someone's wrist
be after
a link
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹəʊ/
Etymology
From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”). Cognate with Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”).
Cognate with Dutch
rij
Cognate with German
Reihe
Cognate with German
Riege
Cognate with Dutch
roeien
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