"arow" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /əˈɹoʊ/
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From a- + row. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|row}} a- + row Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} arow (not comparable)
  1. In a row, line, or rank; successively. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: a-row
    Sense id: en-arow-en-adv-EwBUG99G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 59 35 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 80 16 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 21 3

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈarɔu̯/, /ˈaːrɔu̯/, /ˈarwə/, /ˈaːrwə/, /ˈarɛu̯/ Forms: arows [plural], arewen [plural]
Etymology: From Old English ārwe, earh, from Proto-West Germanic *arhu, from Proto-Germanic *arhwō. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|ārwe}} Old English ārwe, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*arhu}} Proto-West Germanic *arhu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*arhwō}} Proto-Germanic *arhwō Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} arow, {{enm-noun|pl=arows|pl2=arewen}} arow (plural arows or arewen)
  1. An arrow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow) Categories (topical): Archery, Weapons
    Sense id: en-arow-enm-noun-iP-0JQ3t Disambiguation of Archery: 74 26 Disambiguation of Weapons: 76 24
  2. (figurative) Anything felt to have a (metaphorically) piercing effect. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-arow-enm-noun-C~eh6dHo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arwe, arowe, aruwe, arew, arewe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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