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

A row is a line of things or people side by side: a row of chairs. tree →
To row is to move a boat through water using oars. tree →
«In a row» means one after the other with no break: three wins in a row. tree →
A row (said like «cow») is a noisy quarrel; to row is to argue loudly. tree →
In a table or spreadsheet a row goes across; a column goes down. tree →
(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 →
(rough) «Have a blazing row», «get a row» (Ireland, Scotland: get told off) means a loud, angry fight or a telling-off. tree →
(formal) The exam voice says «a linear arrangement», «a rank», «a tier», «consecutively» (in a row), «an altercation» (a quarrel). tree →

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 →
Mia plants 4 rows of tulips with 5 tulips in each row. tree →
24 chairs are set in 3 equal rows. How many chairs are in each row? tree →
I sit in the front row in class. tree →
Rows go across; columns go up and down. tree →
We rowed the boat across the lake. tree →
Always wear a life jacket when you row a boat. tree →
It rained three days in a row. tree →
My brothers had a row about the TV. tree →
you'll get a right row if you're late again tree →
5 rows of 4 chairs, sorry, 6 rows, how many chairs tree →
Twenty-four seats are arranged in 3 rows of equal length; determine the number of seats per row. tree →
They leaped into it, and rowed swiftly away. tree →

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 →
and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; (Torah EXO.28.19, JPS 1917) tree →
And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald. (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917) tree →
The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast. (Writings 2CH.4.3, JPS 1917) tree →
And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks. (Prophets 1KI.7.4, JPS 1917) tree →
They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. (Writings JOB.24.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «row» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«row» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «row» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«row» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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