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[rəʊ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a number of people or things in a more or less straight line
(e.g: her villa stood in a row of similar ones)
Phrases:
- Row Z
- a tough row to hoe
- in a row
Origin
:
Middle English: of uncertain origin; perhaps of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rij and German Reihe
[rəʊ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- propel (a boat) with oars
(e.g: out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Old English rōwan, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus ‘oar’ and Greek eretmon ‘oar’, and related to rudder
[rəʊ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a spell of rowing
Phrases:
Origin
:
Old English rōwan, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus ‘oar’ and Greek eretmon ‘oar’, and related to rudder
[raʊ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a noisy acrimonious quarrel
(e.g: they had a row and she stormed out of the house)
- a loud noise or uproar
(e.g: if he's at home he must have heard that row)
Phrases:
- make a row
Origin
:
mid 18th century: of unknown origin
[raʊ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- have a quarrel
(e.g: they rowed about who would receive the money from the sale)
Phrases:
- make a row
Origin
:
mid 18th century: of unknown origin
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