Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - row
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1. n. 1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats across a theatre etc. (in the front row). 3 a street with a continuous line of houses along one or each side. 4 a line of plants in a field or garden. 5 a horizontal line of entries in a table etc. Phrases and idioms a hard row to hoe a difficult task. in a row 1 forming a row. 2 colloq. in succession (two Sundays in a row). row-house US a terrace house. Etymology: ME raw, row, f. OE f. Gmc 2. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. propel (a boat) with oars. 2 tr. convey (a passenger) in a boat in this way. 3 intr. propel a boat in this way. 4 tr. make (a stroke) or achieve (a rate of striking) in rowing. 5 tr. compete in (a race) by rowing. 6 tr. row a race with. --n. 1 a spell of rowing. 2 an excursion in a rowing-boat. Phrases and idioms row-boat US = rowing-boat. row down overtake in a rowing, esp. bumping, race. rowing-boat Brit. a small boat propelled by oars. rowing-machine a device for exercising the muscles used in rowing. row out exhaust by rowing (the crew were completely rowed out at the finish). row over complete the course of a boat race with little effort, owing to the absence or inferiority of competitors. Derivatives rower n. Etymology: OE rowan f. Gmc, rel. to RUDDER, L remus oar 3. n. & v. colloq. --n. 1 a loud noise or commotion. 2 a fierce quarrel or dispute. 3 a a severe reprimand. b the condition of being reprimanded (shall get into a row). --v. 1 intr. make or engage in a row. 2 tr. reprimand. Phrases and idioms make (or kick up) a row 1 raise a noise. 2 make a vigorous protest. Etymology: 18th-c. sl.: orig. unkn.
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rōwan; akin to Middle High German rüejen to ~, Latin remus oar Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to propel a boat by means of oars, to move by or as if by the propulsion of oars, transitive verb 1. to propel with or as if with oars, b. to participate in (a ~ing match), to compete against in ~ing, to pull (an oar) in a crew, to transport in an oar-propelled boat, ~er noun II. noun Date: 1832 an act or instance of ~ing, III. noun Etymology: Middle English rawe; akin to Old English rǣw ~, Old High German rīga line, and perhaps to Sanskrit rikhati he scratches Date: 13th century a number of objects arranged in a usually straight line , 2. way, street, a street or area dominated by a specific kind of enterprise or occupancy , twelve-tone ~, 4. a continuous strip usually running horizontally or parallel to a baseline, a horizontal arrangement of items, IV. transitive verb Date: 1657 to form into ~s, V. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1746 a noisy disturbance or quarrel, VI. intransitive verb Date: 1797 to engage in a ~ ; have a quarrel ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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