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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.

transitive verb

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

intransitive verb

to take harrowing: ground that harrows well

Related Forms:

harrower noun
harrowing adjective
harrowingly adverb

transitive verb

Archaic to rob, plunder, or pillage

borough of Greater London, England: pop. 200,000
private preparatory school for boys, in this borough

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