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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Examples of "widow" in Sentences
- She was widowed last year.
- She was the widow of a farmer.
- He is a gynecologist and widower.
- At the age of 32, Paula was widowed.
- Her dress is indecorous for a widow.
- Frost is widowed in the first episode.
- The widow must not be married until the end of the mourning period.
- In 1974 Lord married Aileen Parnell, widow of the impresario Val Parnell.
- He married the widow of Simon Fish, author of the 'Supplication of Beggars.'
- Upon Tutankhamun's death Ay seized the throne and married the widowed queen.
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