a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line

a row of apple trees.

a line of persons or things so arranged

The petitioners waited in a row.

a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theater

seats in the third row of the balcony.

a street formed by two continuous lines of buildings.

Music . tone row.

Checkers . one of the horizontal lines of squares on a checkerboard; rank.

to put in a row (often fol. by up ). ?

hard or long row to hoe

a difficult task or set of circumstances to confront

At 32 and with two children, she found attending medical school a hard row to hoe.

noun

agreement , peace

verb

agree , concur

noun

bank , chain , column , consecution , echelon , file , line , order , progression , queue , range , rank , string , succession , tier , train , affray , altercation , bickering , brawl , castigation , commotion , controversy , dispute , disturbance , falling-out * , fracas , fray , fuss , knock-down-drag-out , lecture , melee , noise , quarrel , racket , reprimand , reproof , riot , rumpus , run-in * , scrap * , set-to * , shouting match , squabble , talking-to , telling-off , tiff , tongue-lashing , trouble , tumult , uproar , words , wrangle , broil , donnybrook , free-for-all , ruction

verb

drag , oar , paddle , pull , punt , sail , scud , scull , sky an oar , swim * , bawl out , berate , bicker , brawl , call on the carpet , dispute , jaw , quarrel , ream , scold , scrap , spat , squabble , tiff , tongue-lash * , wrangle , broil , caterwaul , aisle , altercation , argument , beef , column , commotion , disturbance , fight , file , fray , fuss , line , list , noise , order , propel , rank , rhubarb , ruckus , rumpus , sequence , series , tier , uproar