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HARROW

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("harrow" is a kind of...):

cultivator; tiller (a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harrow"):

disc harrow; disk harrow (a harrow with a series of disks set on edge at an angle)

Derivation:

harrow (draw a harrow over (land))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Draw a harrow over (land)

Synonyms:

disk; harrow

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "harrow" is one way to...):

plough; plow; turn (to break and turn over earth especially with a plow)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

harrow (a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Harrow and alas for the lady and the seneschal!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Van Helsing ordered the former arrangement to be adhered to, explaining that, as Lord Godalming was coming very soon, it would be less harrowing to his feelings to see all that was left of his fiancée quite alone.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Aylward, Johnston, let your men form a harrow on either side of the ridge.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was a little inclined to take his seriousness lightly—for, after all, four days of rest and freedom from burning, harrowing anxiety does help to restore one's spirits—but when I saw his face, it sobered me.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

With feet firmly planted, their sleeves rolled back to give free play to their muscles, their long yellow bow-staves in their left hands, and their quivers slung to the front, they had waited in the four-deep harrow formation which gave strength to their array, and yet permitted every man to draw his arrow freely without harm to those in front.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And yet I couldn't believe that they would choose this occasion for a scene—especially for the rather harrowing scene that Gatsby had outlined in the garden.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

He sat down, miserably, as if I had pushed him, and simultaneously there was the sound of a motor turning into my lane. We both jumped up and, a little harrowed myself, I went out into the yard.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)