English Explanatory Dictionary

harrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
verb
  1. To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
  2. To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
  3. To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.
intj
  1. A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.
name
  1. A town in northwestern Greater London, England, historically in the county of Middlesex.
  2. A London borough of Greater London, England.
  3. A locality in the Shire of Southern Grampians and the Shire of West Wimmera, south western Victoria, Australia.
  4. A prestigious public school for boys, in the town of Harrow.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a harrower.

Pronunciation

/ˈhæɹəʊ/ /ˈhæɹoʊ/ en-us-ne-harrow.ogg /ˈhɛɹoʊ/ en-us-harrow.ogg /ˈhaɾo/ /ˈhaɾou/ LL-Q7979-Soundguys-Harrow.wav

Word forms

harrow harrows harrowing harrowed

Etymology

From Middle English harwe, harow, from Old English *hearwa (perhaps ultimately cognate with harvest), or from Old Norse harfr/herfi; 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.

Synonyms

anguish distress trouble afflict aggrieve plague atray cag engrieve grame harass harrow harry torment vex rend wring damage harm torture abuse annoy bewound damnify dere do damage to do for do ill do violence to forwork grieve hurt injure maul misdo put someone in hospital scaith scathe vulnerate wet wound ache agonize excruciate irritate pang pine rack throe

Related words

spring-tooth harrow

Derived words

disc harrow power harrow rest-harrow ridge harrow road harrow restharrow harrower harrowing harrowing of hell harrow up upharrow Harrow drive Harrow on the Hill Harrow Weald North Harrow South Harrow West Harrow

Translations

Bulgarian: тревожа Bulgarian: терзая Cornish: grevya Dutch: doen schrikken Dutch: angst aanjagen Finnish: pelotella Finnish: vaivata German: peinigen German: quälen Greek: βασανίζω Greek: τραυματίζω Hungarian: kínoz Hungarian: gyötör Hungarian: zaklat Russian: трево́жить Russian: терза́ть Spanish: atormentar Spanish: asaetear
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