3 Definitions and a Lie: ROW
The person who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it
Words can be tricky little monsters, sometimes meaning one thing and then another. Mastering a language doesn’t just require learning a lot of new words but also learning the many often-unrelated definitions of some of them.
Consider the word ROW. Three of the following definitions apply to row when used as a noun. Which choice is not a valid meaning of the word?
A weight-lifting exercise
A noisy quarrel
Fish eggs, eaten as food
A line, sequence, or series
Of course, row can also be used as a verb meaning to paddle or propel a boat.
Have you determined which definition is not a definition of the word ROW? Find out below…
Choice 3 describes a homophone for row: ROE
roe (noun) - the eggs of fish and other marine animals
—ROE is the abbreviation for Return on Equity
“Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.” —Kenichi Ohmae
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