Harrow Definition
hărō
harrowing, harrows
noun
harrows
A frame with spikes or sharp-edged disks, drawn by a horse or tractor and used for breaking up and leveling plowed ground, covering seeds, rooting up weeds, etc.
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verb
harrowing, harrows
To take harrowing.
Ground that harrows well.
Webster's New World
To draw a harrow over (land)
Webster's New World
To cause mental distress to; torment.
Webster's New World
To rob, plunder, or pillage.
Webster's New World
To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
Wiktionary
idiom
the harrowing of hell
- Christ's redemption of the righteous souls in hell (or Limbo), just after the Crucifixion
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Harrow
- the harrowing of hell
Origin of Harrow
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Either representing unattested Old English *hearwe or *hearġe (perhaps ultimately cognate with harvest), or from Old Norse harfr/herfi; compare Danish harve (“harrow”), Dutch hark (“rake”). Akin to Latin carpere.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English herwen variant of harien harry
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French haro, harou, of uncertain origin.
From Wiktionary
Middle English harwe
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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