Harrow Definition

hărō
harrowing, harrows
noun
harrows
A frame with spikes or sharp-edged disks, drawn by a horse or tractor and used for breaking up and leveling plowed ground, covering seeds, rooting up weeds, etc.
Webster's New World

(military) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.

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verb
harrowing, harrows
To take harrowing.
Ground that harrows well.
Webster's New World
To draw a harrow over (land)
Webster's New World
To cause mental distress to; torment.
Webster's New World
To rob, plunder, or pillage.
Webster's New World
To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
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interjection

(obsolete) A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.

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idiom
the harrowing of hell
  • Christ's redemption of the righteous souls in hell (or Limbo), just after the Crucifixion
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Harrow

Noun

Singular:
harrow
Plural:
harrows

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Harrow

  • the harrowing of hell

Origin of Harrow

  • Either representing unattested Old English *hearwe or *hearġe (perhaps ultimately cognate with harvest), or from Old Norse harfr/herfi; compare Danish harve (“harrow”), Dutch hark (“rake”). Akin to Latin carpere.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English herwen variant of harien harry

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French haro, harou, of uncertain origin.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English harwe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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