harrow
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Is harrow a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of harrow?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (military) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.Examples: "Will he harrow the valleys after thee?"; "When the corn was sown, I had no harrow, but was forced to go over it myself, and drag a great heavy bough of a tree over it, to scratch it, as it may be called, rather than rake or harrow it."transitive
2. (transitive) To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.Examples: "It harrows me with fear and wonder."; "I could a Tale vnfold, vvhoſe lighteſt vvord / VVould harrovv vp thy ſoule, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy tvvo eyes like Starres, ſtart from their Spheres, / Thy knotty and combined locks to part, / And each particular haire to ſtand an end, / Like Quilles vpon the fretfull Porpentine: […]"; "The headless horseman harrowed Ichabod Crane as he tried to reach the bridge."Synonyms: anguish, distress, trouble, afflict, aggrieve, plague, atray, cagtransitive
3. (transitive) To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.Examples: "my aged muscles harrow'd up with whips"Synonyms: damage, harm, torture, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnifytransitive
intj (English)
1. (obsolete) A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.Examples: "Harrow, the flames, which me consume (said hee) / Ne can be quencht, within my secret bowels bee."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary