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The definition of a harrow is a spiked frame that is carried by a horse or tractor to break up soil, cover seeds or pull up weeds.

(noun)

An example of a harrow is a tool that farmers pull with a tractor to prepare soil for planting.

Harrow is defined as to draw a tool over soil to break up dirt or weeds, or to bother, harass or stress.

(verb)

An example of harrow is to flatten out soil for planting with a tool pulled behind a tractor.
An example of harrow is to mock and taunt someone every day.

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See harrow in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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.

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

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

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

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

See harrow in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A farm implement consisting of a heavy frame with sharp teeth or upright disks, used to break up and even off plowed ground.

transitive verb har·rowed, har·row·ing, har·rows

To break up and level (soil or land) with a harrow.
To inflict great distress or torment on.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English harwe

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Related Forms:

harˈrow·er noun

transitive verb har·rowed, har·row·ing, har·rows
Archaic

To plunder; sack.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English herwen

Origin: , variant of harien; see harry

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A borough of Greater London in southeast England. It is the site of the public school Harrow, founded in 1571. Population: 214,000.

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