harrow
IPA: hˈæroʊ
noun
- 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.
- (military) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
- A town in northwestern Greater London, England.
- A London borough of Greater London, England.
- A prestigious public school for boys in the town of Harrow.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a harrower.
verb
- (transitive) To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
- (transitive) To traumatize or disturb; to frighten or torment.
- (transitive) To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
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Examples of "harrow" in Sentences
- The farmer is harrowing a field.
- The stories are harrowing and cruel.
- The world needed brushing, not harrowing.
- This harrowing tale is prison writing in the raw.
- The apartment search, three months long, was harrowing.
- This harrowing musical premiered in the US in October 2006.
- The story of the harrowing was popular during the Middle Ages.
- The experience was harrowing and haunted Kandegas ever afterward.
- It was but one of the harrowing experiences that they encountered.
- Harrow College is the largest college in the London Borough of Harrow.
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