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Here, cheer up, my lad; it'll all blow over and be forgotten, same as the row was about that sugar-hogshead as I let them take away.

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  1. noun A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line.
  2. noun A succession without a break or gap in time: won the title for three years in a row.
  3. noun A line of adjacent seats, as in a theater, auditorium, or classroom.
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  • At the end of the row was a cheeky "CYA OPEK" on a tricked out Roadster with a completely revamped interior in suede, carbon fiber and subwoofers. —  The J Curve
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B. a common strategy among animals, eight partners in a row is a new record for vertebrates, says biologist Phillip Byrne of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, who led the new study. —  Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews
  • But, on the stump today, Mr Obama said the row was a diversionary tactic by the McCain campaign to avoid discussion of weightier issues. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • The GROUPING function helps you determine whether a row is an aggregate produced by a CUBE or ROLLUP operator. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • When a new row is inserted the "row change timestamp" column will record the time the row was added. —  Breaking News
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front ·  pair ·  column ·  shape ·  circle ·  section ·  pile ·  set ·  box ·  size ·  cluster ·  sight

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row:   rowing ·  rows ·  rowed
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Etymologies (8)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English rāw.
  2. Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwan; see erə- in Indo-European roots.
  3. Origin unknown.

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  1. from Middle English rowen, rouwen (preterit rowede, earlier (and still as a survival) rew, reow) from Anglo-Saxon rōwan (preterit reów) = Dutch roeijen = Middle Low German rōien, rōjen, rōen, Low German rojen = Middle High German rūon, rūgen, rūen, r¯jen, rṳejen = Icelandic rōa = Swedish ro = Danish roe, row; akin to Old Irish rām, an oar, Latin rēmus, an oar, Greek ἐρετμόν, an oar, ἐρέτης, a rower, Sanskrit aritra, a rudder, paddle, etc., √ ar, drive, push. Hence ult. rudder.
  2. from row, v.
  3. Also dial. rew; from Middle English rowe, rewe, raw, rawe, from Anglo-Saxon rāw, rǣw, a row, line; akin to (a) Old Dutch rijge, rijg, Dutch rij = Middle Low German rige, Low German rige, rege = Old High German rīga, rĭga, Middle High German rige, a row; (b) Middle High German rīhe, German reihe, a series, line, row; from the verb, Old High German rīhan, Middle High German rīhen, string together (Teutonic √ rihw); cf. Sanskrit rēkhā, line, stroke.
  4. from row, n.
  5. Of obscure slang origin; vaguely associated with rowdy, rowdydow, and perhaps due in part to rout. The Icelandic hrjā, a rout, struggle, can hardly be related.
 

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