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ARROW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("arrow" is a kind of...):
missile; projectile (a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled)
Meronyms (parts of "arrow"):
arrowhead (the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow)
vane (a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrow"):
broad arrow (an arrow with a wide barbed head)
butt shaft (a blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice)
quarrel (an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges)
Holonyms ("arrow" is a part of...):
bow and arrow (a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mark to indicate a direction or relation
Synonyms:
arrow; pointer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("arrow" is a kind of...):
mark (a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation))
Meronyms (parts of "arrow"):
shaft (a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer)
head; point (a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer)
Context examples:
We go on for all time abhorred by all; a blot on the face of God's sunshine; an arrow in the side of Him who died for man.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
A half-dressed boatman, standing next me, pointed with his bare arm (a tattoo'd arrow on it, pointing in the same direction) to the left.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Lord St. Simon, who has shown himself for over twenty years proof against the little god’s arrows, has now definitely announced his approaching marriage with Miss Hatty Doran, the fascinating daughter of a California millionaire.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Arrows that continually glanced off from Mr. Rochester's breast and fell harmless at his feet, might, I knew, if shot by a surer hand, have quivered keen in his proud heart—have called love into his stern eye, and softness into his sardonic face; or, better still, without weapons a silent conquest might have been won.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“Let us walk along the cliffs together and search for flint arrows. We are more likely to find them than clues to this problem. To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson—all else will come.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We must tack within three arrow flights, or we may find a rock through our timbers.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But the arrow did the bird no harm; only it dropped a golden feather from its tail, and then flew away.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
You may be very surprised when one of Cupid’s little angels zings an arrow straight to your heart.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
While I was thus employed, the enemy discharged several thousand arrows, many of which stuck in my hands and face, and, beside the excessive smart, gave me much disturbance in my work.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
When they cling like flies to the wall, and top is no less near than bottom, our men shall fall upon them from above and either side, with spears, and arrows, and guns.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
