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harrow¹ Definition

har·row (har′ō)

noun

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.

Etymology: ME harwe < ? OE *hearwa: akin to ON harfr < IE *(s)kerp-: see harvest

transitive verb

  1. to draw a harrow over (land)
  2. to cause mental distress to; torment; vex

intransitive verb

to take harrowing ground that harrows well

harrow¹ Related Forms

har′·rower noun har′·row·ing adjective har′·row·ingly adverb

harrow² Definition

har·row (har′ō)

transitive verb

Archaic to rob, plunder, or pillage

Etymology: ME harwen, herien < OE hergian: see harry

harrow² Idioms

harrow hell

Archaic to enter hell and rescue the righteous: said of Christ

Harrow Definition

Har·row (har′ō)

  1. borough of Greater London, England: pop. 200,000

  2. private preparatory school for boys, in this borough

harrow Synonyms

harrow

n.

disk, cultivator, drag; see plow, shovel, tractor.

Types of harrows include: disk harrow, Scotch harrow, cultipacker, double-action harrow, cutaway harrow, spading harrow.

harrow Synonyms

harrow

v.

  1. To use a harrow on land

    drag, dig, cultivate; see plow, shovel.

  2. To torment

    tormenting, trying, nerve-racking; see also disturbing.

harrow Usage Examples

Object

  • ordeal: The most wonderful day of your life, or a financially harrowing ordeal from which you'll never recover?
  • tale: A young girl thinks she may have found the answer through the harrowing tale her new neighbor has to tell.
  • testimony: Members heard harrowing personal testimonies to such crimes during a visit to the region last week?
  • footage: Outcome of the latest investigation Advocates ' harrowing footage received extensive media coverage.
  • scene: Let us draw the curtain over this harrowing scene.
  • story: The piece includes some harrowing stories of how some participants originally came to London.

Converse of object

use: Leys are plowed and cereals drilled using a power harrow and drill combination unit.

Modifies a noun

comb: Cereals sown on wide rows, 25 cm ( 9 3/4 inch ) At 2 leaf stage go through with the harrow comb.

Modifying Another Word

  • sometimes: Cracker might have been uncomfortable, uncompromising, sometimes harrowing viewing.
  • truly: Also, as such a truly harrowing story, it is crafted well enough to draw huge sympathy.
  • particularly: In providing me with accounts of particularly harrowing experiences they appeared to be creating a testament which demanded sharing.
  • extremely: This was an extremely harrowing experience for all the members of staff who were involved.
  • rather: A love story, an adventure story - at times rather harrowing in its descriptions of torture by the Germans.
  • often: Often harrowing reading, this is a story of a man of his times swept up in bloody events.

Noun used with modifier

  • tine: A new spring tine harrow specially designed for use on grassland is solving an age-old problem for dairy farmer Will Taylor.
  • comb: The decision to buy an 18m Opico comb harrow was made to pre-empt a possible future levy on agrochemical use.
  • grass: The OPICO grass harrow in operation on the all weather sand track at Wolverhampton Racecourse.
  • disk: Photo C - cultivating the soil by disk harrow in Britain.
  • chain: We've tried the chain harrow in the past without anything like the same benefits.
  • spring: A new spring tine harrow specially designed for use on grassland is solving an age-old problem for dairy farmer Will Taylor.