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has definitions from the fields of sport,mathematics,nautical,transportation
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[ noun ] an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
Examples : "a row of chairs" Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)Wavy lines , feather like patterns , rosettes of indefinitely floral nature , birds either singly or in stylized rows , animals in solemn frieze bands ( see Plates 11 - 12 ) - all these turned_up in the more developed fabrics as preliminary signs that the potters were broadening their gaze . The rows of animals and birds , in_particular , suggest awareness of Oriental animal friezes , transmitted perhaps via Syrian silver bowls and textiles , but the specific forms of these rows on local vases and metal products are nonetheless Greek . The rows of animals and birds , in_particular , suggest awareness of Oriental animal friezes , transmitted perhaps via Syrian silver bowls and textiles , but the specific forms of these rows on local vases and metal products are nonetheless Greek . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Adam thought_of the hutments , regiment after regiment , row after row , the thousands of huts , stretching away into the night . Adam thought_of the hutments , regiment after regiment , row after row , the thousands of huts , stretching away into the night . |
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[ verb ] (nautical,transportation) propel with oars
Examples "row the boat" down the lake" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)Some Catholic priests lecture there ; Catholic seminarians attend tutorials and row on the Cherwell with non-Catholic students . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The captain 's gig of H.M.S._Mercury was being rowed to H.M.S._Neptune . |
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[ noun ] (construction) a layer of masonry
Synonyms Examples "a course of bricks" Used in print (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)When the roof blocks are all in_place , the final rows of wall blocks are mortared into position . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)
Examples "a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds" "rows of barbed wire protected the trenches" Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)On the forward slope in_front_of his own post stretched two rows of barbed_wire . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 18472
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[ noun ] a continuous chronological succession without an interruption
Examples "they won the championship three years in a row" Related terms |
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