row

Definition

  • noun: a straight line of people or things that are next to each other
  • verb: to propel a boat by means of oars
  • verb: to move a boat through water using oars
  • used in names
  • synonyms: rough, stern, angry

Examples

  • She had her birthday party at the bowling alley three years 'in a row'. [=three consecutive years]

  • The proposal to build a new nuclear energy plant caused a huge 'row'. [='uproar']

  • The table of figures should include totals at the end of each 'row' and column.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I do not see God putting a gift like that... ...in the hands of a man who'd kill a child. That's a very tender notion, but the man is on death row for the crime. And plus... ...he's huge. If he tried to get away, it'd take a lot of bullets to stop him. We'd all have shotguns, (..)
    1999 The Green Mile
  • (..) Paul, I'm your friend. I ever tell you that I was a prison guard during the Depression? You've mentioned it. Did I mention that I was in charge of death row? That I supervised all the executions? Usually, death row is called "The Last Mile." We called ours "The Green Mile." The floor was the color (..)
    1999 The Green Mile