Word of the Day: Row
A row is an orderly arrangement of people or things:
- Vegetables are planted in a row.
- An audience member sits in a row at a movie theater. The seats are in rows. Which row is he sitting in?
- These soldiers are standing in a row.
- There’s a row of houses on this street.
The word “row” is also used as a verb to describe the movement of a boat through human labor.
- They’re rowing a boat down the river.
- Have you ever rowed a boat?
- You use paddles or oars to row a boat.
There’s one more use for the word “row.” If a person achieves some sort of sequential success, one after another, the prepositional phrase “in a row” might be used.
- He made five baskets, one after another. He made five in a row.
- It rained four days in a row last week: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
- Yolanda has won that award three years in a row: 2014, 2015, and now 2016.
Note: In British English, a row is a fight, but it’s rarely used that way in American English.
- Two men got into a row outside of the pub.
- A row broke out among the fans at the football match.
Essential English Dictionary
Visit the Popular English Words Beginning with R page to see the list of all words starting with letter R. For seeing the HiCafe dictionary, visit the Popular English Words with Meaning page.
