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har·row
I. \ˈha(ˌ)rō, -_rə also ˈhe(-, often -_rəw+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English harwen, herwen, from Old English hergian to harry — more at harry
1. archaic : to descend into (hell) in order to bring away the souls of the righteous
< Christ hath harrowed hell — J.M.Neale >
2. archaic : rob, pillage, plunder
< long harrowed by oppressor's hand — Sir Walter Scott >
II. noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English harwe; perhaps akin to Old Swedish harf harrow, Greek keirein to cut — more at shear
1. : a cultivating implement used primarily for pulverizing or smoothing the soil and sometimes for mulching, covering seed, or removing weeds — compare bog harrow, brush harrow, disc harrow, drag 1d
2.
a. : an implement that resembles a harrow; specifically : a toothed framework drawn over an oyster bed to clear it of seaweed
b. : a formation that resembles a harrow
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- under the harrow
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English harwen, harowen, from harwe, n.
1.
a. : to cultivate with a harrow
< plowed and harrowed and laid his rows — Russell Lord >
b. : to cultivate as if with a harrow
< harrowed the ground for literature — Van Wyck Brooks >
2.
a. : to cut into as if with a harrow
< the whole thing looked harrowed in the pigment, rather than painted — F.J.Mather >
b. archaic : to wound or tear physically : lacerate
< harrowing his cheeks with a few scratches — William Beckford >
3. : to cause distress or suffering to : agonize
< has not set out to appall the reader with horrors nor to harrow him with miseries — Douglas Stewart >
IV. interjection
or haro \ˈha(ˌ)rō, həˈrō\
Etymology: Middle English harrow, harow, from Middle French haro, harou, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German hara hither; akin to Old English hēr here, Old High German hier — more at here
— used to express alarm or distress
V. \ˈha(ˌ)rō\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Harrow on the Hill, urban district, Middlesex, England
: of or from the urban district of Harrow on the Hill, England : of the kind or style prevalent in Harrow on the Hill |