English Explanatory Dictionary

trow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To trust or believe.
  2. To have confidence in, or to give credence to.
noun
  1. Trust or faith.
noun
  1. Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods.
noun
  1. Alternative form of drow.
noun
  1. Used chiefly in the expression drop trow.
name
  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A ghost town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.

Pronunciation

/tɹoʊ/ /tɹəʊ/ /tɹaʊ/

Word forms

trow trows trowing trowed Trew

Etymology

From Middle English trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, trouen, from Old English trēowan, trīewan (“to trust”) and Old English trūwian (“to trust, confide”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwāną (“to trust”) and Proto-Germanic *trūwāną (“to trust”); both from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“faithful, true”). Akin to Scots trow, trew (“to believe, trust, confide in, prove”), Dutch trouwen (“to wed, marry”), German trauen (“to trust, marry”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish tro (“to believe, think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tru (“to believe, think”), Icelandic trúa (“to trust, believe, believe in”).

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