harrow
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhæɹəʊ/
- (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈhæɹoʊ/
- (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɛɹoʊ/
Audio (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger): (file) Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger): (file) - Rhymes: -æɹəʊ
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English harwe, harow, from Old English *hearwa (perhaps ultimately cognate with harvest), or from Old Norse harfr/herfi;[1] compare Danish harve (“harrow”), Dutch hark (“rake”). Akin to Latin carpere. According to the OED, the verb senses are partly derived from the noun sense, partly from a by-form of the verb harry, itself from Old English hergian.[2]
Noun
[edit]harrow (plural harrows)
- A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
- 1918, Louise & Aylmer Maude, Anna Karenina, Oxford, translation of original by Leo Tolstoy, published 1998, page 153:
- He sent for the carpenter, who was under contract to be with the threshing-machine, but it turned out that he was mending the harrows, which should have been mended the week before Lent.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:
- “It may be fun for her,” I said with one of my bitter laughs, “but it isn't so diverting for the unfortunate toads beneath the harrow whom she plunges so ruthlessly in the soup.”
- 1969, Bessie Head, When Rain Clouds Gather, Heinemann, published 1995, page 28:
- Part of your job would be to learn tractor ploughing and the use of planters, harrows, and cultivators.
- (military) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
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Lua error in Module:parameters at line 662: bad argument #1 to 'pairs' (table expected, got boolean) See also[edit]Verb[edit]harrow (third-person singular simple present harrows, present participle harrowing, simple past and past participle harrowed)
Derived terms[edit]Translations[edit]drag a harrow over
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