arrow
see also: Arrow
Pronunciation Etymology 1
Arrow
Proper noun
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see also: Arrow
Pronunciation Etymology 1
From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto-West Germanic *arhu, from Proto-Germanic *arhwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo-.
Nounarrow (plural arrows)
- A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “[The Historie of Irelande […].] The Thirde Booke of the Historie of Ireland, Comprising the Raigne of Henry the Eyght: [...].”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC ↗, pages 77–78 ↗, column 2:
- The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of ye Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon[sic – meaning random
] uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC ↗:
- Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
- A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →).
- (graph theory) A directed edge.
- (colloquial, darts) A dart.
- 2014, John Eaton, It's Gonna Rain All Night, page 182:
- The second arrow flew through the air in a drunken parabolic curve and nestled just below the previous dart. Twenty!
“Good arrows!” came from all around the room. Total silence came from the opposition corner.
- (computing) The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
- (botany) The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.
- (projectile) streal
- (in graph theory) arc, directed edge
- French: flèche
- German: Pfeil
- Italian: freccia
- Portuguese: flecha, seta
- Russian: стрела́
- Spanish: flecha, saeta
arrow (arrows, present participle arrowing; simple past and past participle arrowed)
- (intransitive) To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).
- (transitive) To let fly swiftly and directly.
- (intransitive, botany, of a sugar cane plant) To develop an inflorescence.
- (computing, intransitive) To navigate using the arrow keys.
- Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.
Representing pronunciation.
Arrow
Proper noun
- Surname.
- A village on the River Arrow in Arrow with Weethley (OS grid ref SP0856).
- A river in Warwickshire, and, which flows into the Warwickshire Avon.
- A river in Powys, Wales, which flows into the River Lugg.
- A river in Central Otago, New Zealand, which flows through Arrowtown to the Kawarau River.
- An unincorporated community and old coal town in Pike County.
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