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harrow

1

[ har-oh ]

noun

  1. an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.


verb (used with object)

  1. to draw a harrow over (land).
  2. to disturb keenly or painfully; distress the mind, feelings, etc., of.

verb (used without object)

  1. to become broken up by harrowing, as soil.

harrow

2

[ har-oh ]

verb (used with object)

Archaic.
  1. to ravish; violate; despoil.
  2. (of Christ) to descend into (hell) to free the righteous held captive.

Harrow

3

[ har-oh ]

noun

  1. a borough of Greater London, in SE England.
  2. a boarding school for boys, founded in 1571 at Harrow-on-the-Hill, an urban district near London, England.

Harrow

1

/ ˈæəʊ /

noun

  1. a borough of NW Greater London; site of an English boys' public school founded in 1571 at Harrow-on-the-Hill, a part of this borough. Pop: 210 700 (2003 est). Area: 51 sq km (20 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

harrow

2

/ ˈæəʊ /

noun

  1. any of various implements used to level the ground, stir the soil, break up clods, destroy weeds, etc, in soil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to draw a harrow over (land)
  2. intr (of soil) to become broken up through harrowing
  3. tr to distress; vex
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

harrow

3

/ ˈæəʊ /

verb

  1. to plunder or ravish
  2. (of Christ) to descend into (hell) to rescue righteous souls
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󲹰Ƿɱ, noun
  • ˈ󲹰ǷɾԲ, adjectivenoun
  • ˈ󲹰ǷɳԳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of harrow1

1250–1300; Middle English harwe; akin to Old Norse herfi harrow, Dutch hark rake, Greek 𾱴Dz sickle

Origin of harrow2

before 1000; Middle English harwen, herwen, Old English hergian to harry
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of harrow1

C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish harv, Swedish harf; related to Middle Dutch harke rake

Origin of harrow2

C13: variant of Old English hergian to harry
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