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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024har•row•ing /ˈhæroʊɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - causing fright, upset, or pain:a harrowing storm.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024har•row•ing (har′ō ing),USA pronunciation adj. - extremely disturbing or distressing;
grievous:a harrowing experience.
har′row•ing•ly, adv. painful, agonizing, tormenting, heartbreaking. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024har•row1 /ˈhæroʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Agriculturea farm tool with spikelike teeth or upright disks, for leveling and breaking up clumps of earth after plowing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024har•row1 (har′ō),USA pronunciation n. - Agriculturean agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
v.t. - Agricultureto draw a harrow over (land).
- to disturb keenly or painfully;
distress the mind, feelings, etc., of.
v.i. - to become broken up by harrowing, as soil.
- 1250–1300; Middle English harwe; akin to Old Norse herfi harrow, Dutch hark rake, Greek kró̄pion sickle
- to ravish;
violate;
despoil. - harry (def. 2).
- Religion(of Christ) to descend into (hell) to free the righteous held captive.
- Middle English harwen, herwen, Old English hergian to harry bef. 1000
- Place Namesa borough of Greater London, in SE England. 201,300.
- British Termsa boarding school for boys, founded in 1571 at Harrow-on-the-Hill, an urban district near London, England.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: harrow /ˈhærəʊ/ n - any of various implements used to level the ground, stir the soil, break up clods, destroy weeds, etc, in soil
vb - (transitive) to draw a harrow over (land)
- (transitive) to distress; vex
Etymology: 13th Century: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish harv, Swedish harf; related to Middle Dutch harke rakeˈharrower n ˈharrowing adj , n |