row
death row /d'eθ r'oʊ/
[N-UNCOUNT] oft on N
If someone is on death row, they are in the part of a prison which contains the cells for criminals who have been sentenced to death. (AM)
He has been on Death Row for 11 years...row back
[PHRASAL VERB] V P from n, V P on n
If you row back on something you have said or written, you express a different or contrary opinion about it.
The administration has been steadily rowing back from its early opposition to his attendance in London...
The government was forced to row back on an austerity plan that would have involved wage cuts.row house /r'oʊ haʊs/ (row houses)
also rowhouse
[N-COUNT]
A row house is one of a row of similar houses that are joined together by both of their side walls. (AM; in BRIT, use terraced house)♦ row1 /r'oʊ/ (row rows) ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A row of things or people is a number of them arranged in a line.
...a row of pretty little cottages...
Several men are pushing school desks and chairs into neat rows.
2 [N-IN-NAMES] n N
Row is sometimes used in the names of streets.
...the house at 236 Larch Row.
3
see also death row, skid row
4 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If something happens several times in a row, it happens that number of times without a break. If something happens several days in a row, it happens on each of those days.
They have won five championships in a row...row2 /r'oʊ/ (row rows rowing rowed) MAKING A BOAT MOVE
[VERB] V prep, V n, V n adv/prep
When you row, you sit in a boat and make it move through the water by using oars. If you row someone somewhere, you take them there in a boat, using oars.
He rowed as quickly as he could to the shore...
We could all row a boat and swim almost before we could walk...
The boatman refused to row him back.
[N-COUNT]
Row is also a noun.
I took Daniel for a row.
see also rowing♦ row3 /r'aʊ/ (row rows rowing rowed) DISAGREEMENT OR NOISE
1 [N-COUNT] oft adj N, N prep
A row is a serious disagreement between people or organizations. (BRIT INFORMAL)
This is likely to provoke a further row about the bank's role in the affair...
= dispute
2 [V-RECIP] pl-n V, V with n
If two people row or if one person rows with another, they have a noisy argument. (BRIT INFORMAL)
They rowed all the time...
He had earlier rowed with his girlfriend.
3 [N-SING]
If you say that someone is making a row, you mean that they are making a loud, unpleasant noise. (BRIT INFORMAL)
`Whatever is that row?' she demanded. `Pop festival,' he answered.
= din, racketskid row /sk'ɪd r'oʊ/
also Skid Row
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
You can refer to the poorest part of town, where drunks and homeless people live, as skid row. (mainly AM)
He became a skid row type of drunkard.
[N-UNCOUNT] oft on N
If someone is on death row, they are in the part of a prison which contains the cells for criminals who have been sentenced to death. (AM)
He has been on Death Row for 11 years...row back
[PHRASAL VERB] V P from n, V P on n
If you row back on something you have said or written, you express a different or contrary opinion about it.
The administration has been steadily rowing back from its early opposition to his attendance in London...
The government was forced to row back on an austerity plan that would have involved wage cuts.row house /r'oʊ haʊs/ (row houses)
also rowhouse
[N-COUNT]
A row house is one of a row of similar houses that are joined together by both of their side walls. (AM; in BRIT, use terraced house)♦ row1 /r'oʊ/ (row rows) ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A row of things or people is a number of them arranged in a line.
...a row of pretty little cottages...
Several men are pushing school desks and chairs into neat rows.
2 [N-IN-NAMES] n N
Row is sometimes used in the names of streets.
...the house at 236 Larch Row.
3
see also death row, skid row
4 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If something happens several times in a row, it happens that number of times without a break. If something happens several days in a row, it happens on each of those days.
They have won five championships in a row...row2 /r'oʊ/ (row rows rowing rowed) MAKING A BOAT MOVE
[VERB] V prep, V n, V n adv/prep
When you row, you sit in a boat and make it move through the water by using oars. If you row someone somewhere, you take them there in a boat, using oars.
He rowed as quickly as he could to the shore...
We could all row a boat and swim almost before we could walk...
The boatman refused to row him back.
[N-COUNT]
Row is also a noun.
I took Daniel for a row.
see also rowing♦ row3 /r'aʊ/ (row rows rowing rowed) DISAGREEMENT OR NOISE
1 [N-COUNT] oft adj N, N prep
A row is a serious disagreement between people or organizations. (BRIT INFORMAL)
This is likely to provoke a further row about the bank's role in the affair...
= dispute
2 [V-RECIP] pl-n V, V with n
If two people row or if one person rows with another, they have a noisy argument. (BRIT INFORMAL)
They rowed all the time...
He had earlier rowed with his girlfriend.
3 [N-SING]
If you say that someone is making a row, you mean that they are making a loud, unpleasant noise. (BRIT INFORMAL)
`Whatever is that row?' she demanded. `Pop festival,' he answered.
= din, racketskid row /sk'ɪd r'oʊ/
also Skid Row
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
You can refer to the poorest part of town, where drunks and homeless people live, as skid row. (mainly AM)
He became a skid row type of drunkard.