[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/row/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / row # row noun (row, rows); verb (row, rows, rowed, rowing); noun and verb «row» said like «cow» (a noisy argument; to argue — UK, Ireland, Australia) «row» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A row is a line of things or people side by side: a row of chairs. [tree →](https://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://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://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://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://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#m8) ### 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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x3) - I sit in the front row in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x4) - Rows go across; columns go up and down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x5) - We rowed the boat across the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x6) - Always wear a life jacket when you row a boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x7) - It rained three days in a row. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x8) - My brothers had a row about the TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x9) - you'll get a right row if you're late again [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x10) - 5 rows of 4 chairs, sorry, 6 rows, how many chairs [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/#x12) - They leaped into it, and rowed swiftly away. [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition A row is a line of stones; the high priest's breastplate had four rows of three precious stones. **Interpretation.** Tradition says each stone stood for one of the twelve tribes, with the names engraved on them. ### Examples - and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald; (Torah EXO.28.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/row/#x1) - and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; (Torah EXO.28.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/row/#x2) - And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald. (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/row/#x3) - The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast. (Writings 2CH.4.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/row/#x4) - And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks. (Prophets 1KI.7.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/row/#x5) - They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. (Writings JOB.24.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/row/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «row» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/row/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«row» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/row.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «row» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/row/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«row» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/row.html) on Mova free.