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harrowingly
Variant of harrow
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
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