row

A line of people or things placed next to one another.

• We sat in the front row.
• There are two rows of chairs.
• Someone planted a row of flowers beside the fence.

How to use it: a row of something (A row of trees stands beside the road.); in a row (The children stood in a row.)

Similar words: line

Common phrases: front row, back row, row of houses

A line of information running from left to right across a table.

• Read the first row.
• Each row contains one student’s results.
• Can you add another row to the spreadsheet?

Similar words: line

Common phrases: table row, header row, delete a row

A loud, angry argument between people.

• They had a row yesterday.
• A loud row broke out in the kitchen.
• She left after another row with her parents.

How to use it: a row with someone over/about something (He had a row with his brother over money.)

Similar words: argument, quarrel, fight

Common phrases: have a row, a blazing row, row over something

A trip in a boat that you move through the water using oars.

• We went for a row.
• A short row across the lake woke me up.
• Their morning row ended when the wind became stronger.

Similar words: rowing trip

Common phrases: go for a row, morning row, a short row

To move a boat through water by pulling on long poles with flat ends called oars.

• Can you row a boat?
• We rowed across the lake.
• He was rowing against the current when an oar broke.

How to use it: row someone/something across something (She rowed us across the river.)

Similar words: paddle

Common phrases: row a boat, row across something, row to shore

If a boat does this easily or smoothly, it moves that way when someone uses oars.

• The boat rows easily.
• Our new dinghy rows smoothly on calm water.
• That heavy boat never rowed well against the current.

How to use it: something rows + adverb (This little boat rows surprisingly well.)

Common phrases: row easily, row smoothly, row well