widow

IPA: wˈɪdoʊ

noun

  • A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
  • (uncommon) A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
  • (informal, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
  • (card games) An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
  • (typography) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
  • A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus.

verb

  • (transitive) To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.
  • (transitive, figurative) To strip of anything valued.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To endow with a widow's right.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To be widow to.
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