[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/row.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / row [← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/R/) # row «row» in Mova's school dictionary: **a line of things or people side by side: a row of chairs** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (row, rows); verb (row, rows, rowed, rowing); noun and verb «row» said like «cow» (a noisy argument; to argue — UK, Ireland, Australia) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A row is a line of things or people side by side: a row of chairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#m1) 2) To row is to move a boat through water using oars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#m2) 3) «In a row» means one after the other with no break: three wins in a row. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#m3) 4) A row (said like «cow») is a noisy quarrel; to row is to argue loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#m4) 5) In a table or spreadsheet a row goes across; a column goes down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#m5) 6) (casual) «A tough row to hoe» (US) means a hard job; «kick up a row» (UK) means complain loudly; «what's all this row?» means what's the noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#m6) 7) (rough) «Have a blazing row», «get a row» (Ireland, Scotland: get told off) means a loud, angry fight or a telling-off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#m7) 8) (formal) The exam voice says «a linear arrangement», «a rank», «a tier», «consecutively» (in a row), «an altercation» (a quarrel). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#m8) ### sense in the lessons one of several equal groups set out in a line («N rows of M» = N × M; a total put into N equal rows = divide by N); in maths arrays have rows (across) and columns (up and down); in class «sit in rows», «the front row»; in everyday life rowing a boat, «in a row», «a row of houses»; in casual and rough talk a family row, «you'll get a row»; in the exam voice «arranged in 3 rows», «a linear arrangement», «on 3 consecutive days» (in a row) ### examples - There are 2 rows of books with 7 books in every row. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x1) - Mia plants 4 rows of tulips with 5 tulips in each row. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x2) - 24 chairs are set in 3 equal rows. How many chairs are in each row? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x3) - I sit in the front row in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x4) - Rows go across; columns go up and down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x5) - We rowed the boat across the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x6) - Always wear a life jacket when you row a boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x7) - It rained three days in a row. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x8) - My brothers had a row about the TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x9) - you'll get a right row if you're late again [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x10) - 5 rows of 4 chairs, sorry, 6 rows, how many chairs [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x11) - Twenty-four seats are arranged in 3 rows of equal length; determine the number of seats per row. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x12) - They leaped into it, and rowed swiftly away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x13) ### note «N rows of M» is N × M; a total put into N equal rows is divided by N. Trap: a single row asks for a count, not a product. Rows go across and columns go down: 3 rows of 4 is an array of 12. «three days in a row» or «on 3 consecutive days» is a run with no break. In a self-correction («5 rows, sorry, 6 rows») use the last number: 6 × 4 = 24. «row» (line, boat) rhymes with «go»; «row» (fight) rhymes with «cow»: a row about the TV is not a line. ### In the corpora - [Coming home with flowers the day after a row is making up, a way of saying sorry and wanting to be friends again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/9/) - [Most of the time it goes smoothly, but small things like a hedge or a parked car can grow into big rows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/1/) - [A friendly word early stops a big row later.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/6/) - [Parking rows are common, and knocking politely usually works better than an angry note.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/13/) - [Sharks lose teeth all the time and grow new ones from the rows behind, some tens of thousands in a lifetime.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/28-sharks/5/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «row» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.