arrow
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
category-theory
computing
darts
engineering
games
graph-theory
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (“arrow”) (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto-West Germanic *arhu (“arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *arhwō (“arrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv, ørvur (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna, “dart”), Asturian and Leonese arcu (“arrow”), Aragonese, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish arco (“arrow”), Catalan, French, and Romanian arc (“arrow”), Latin arcus (“bow”). Doublet of arch, arc, arco, and arcus.
Inflected forms:
form: arrows
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: arrows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: arrowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: arrowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: arrowed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
pos: noun
examples: The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon^([sic – meaning random]) uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
gloss: A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.→).
pos: noun
examples: Consider now the arrow with initial point A and terminal point B; this arrow we shall designate by #92;overrightarrow#123;AB#125;. If a#95;1,a#95;2,a#95;3, and b#95;1,b#95;2,b#95;3 are the coordinates of A and B, respectively, then #92;overrightarrow#123;AB#125; is equal to the arrow #92;overrightarrow#123;OP#125;, where O is the origin of the coordinate system and P has coordinates b#95;1-a#95;1,b#95;2-a#95;2,b#95;3-a#95;3. Thus each arrow is equal to one having the origin as its initial point.
gloss: A directed edge.
pos: noun
gloss: A morphism.
pos: noun
gloss: A dart.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
examples: The second arrow flew through the air in a drunken parabolic curve and nestled just below the previous dart. Twenty!
“Good arrows!” came from all around the room. Total silence came from the opposition corner.
gloss: The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
pos: noun
gloss: The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.
pos: noun
examples: When the bulb of the “blowing ball” is operated, a gentle spray, much like what happens in Nature when a sugar cane arrow is shaken by the wind or gently tapped, is given out at the free end of the capsule and can be directed to any portion of the arrow as desired.
gloss: To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Above his head, a startled bird arrows up, into the sun.
gloss: To let fly swiftly and directly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Jermain Defoe dinked in an equaliser and Gareth Bale hit the crossbar for the hosts before Elliott Bennett arrowed in Norwich's winner.
gloss: To develop an inflorescence.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The more vigorous and luxuriant the vegetation of a field of canes, the less will the tendency to flowering be shewn; whereas nearly all the canes will be found to arrow if the soil be poor and the vegetation meagre.
In some sugar cane countries efforts are made to harvest the cane crops before the period of arrowing, and in Barbados it is thought that a considerable loss occurs in the yield of sugar if the harvest be delayed and only completed through the arrowing season.
It is easily grown and arrows freely. It appears to be of moderate merit only, but might be cautiously tried on a small scale.
gloss: To navigate using the arrow keys.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.
gloss: To single out or nominate (someone) to be responsible for something, especially an undesirable task.
pos: verb
tags: Singapore
Singlish
transitive
examples: Just because I never come for meeting … my boss arrow me to do this job.
Related words: ←
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Derived words: arrow arum
arrowback
arrow bag
arrow bamboo
arrow board
arrow crab
arrow-finger
arrowgrass
arrow-head
arrowhead
arrowheaded
arrow-hole
arrow in the quiver
arrowleaf
arrowless
arrowlet
arrowlike
arrowmaker
arrow of love
arrow of time
time's arrow
arrow paradox
arrowpoint
arrow point
arrow poison
arrow-poison frog
arrow prayer
arrowproof
arrow-root
arrowroot
arrowslit
arrow slit
arrowsmith
arrow snake
arrow-straight
arrow switch
Arrowverse
arrow-wood
arrowwood
arrowword
arrowworm
arrow worm
arrowy
bow and arrow
broad arrow
Broken Arrow
broken arrow
cool arrow
Dutch arrow
elf arrow
fat arrow
fire arrow
green arrow
hit two targets with one arrow
life-arrow
Peirce arrow
poison arrow
poison arrow frog
possession arrow
red arrow
sea arrow
sharrow
slings and arrows
straight-arrow
straight arrow
straight as an arrow
Swiss arrow
whistling arrow
yellowline arrow crab
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: pyltjie
lang: Arabic
word: سَهْم
roman: sahm
lang: Arabic
word: سَهَم
roman: saham
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܓܹܐܪܵܐ
roman: gērā
lang: Armenian
word: սլաք
roman: slakʻ
lang: Asturian
word: flecha
lang: Belarusian
word: стрэ́лка
roman: strélka
lang: Bulgarian
word: стрелка́
roman: strelká
lang: Catalan
word: fletxa
lang: Chechen
word: цамза
roman: camza
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 箭嘴
roman: zin³ zeoi²
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 箭號 /箭号
roman: jiànhào
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 箭頭 /箭头
roman: jiàntóu
lang: Czech
word: šipka
lang: Danish
word: pil
lang: Dutch
word: pijl
lang: Estonian
word: nool
lang: Fijian
word: gasau
lang: Finnish
word: nuoli
lang: French
word: flèche
lang: West-Frisian
word: pylk
lang: Galician
word: frecha
lang: Georgian
word: ისარი
roman: isari
lang: German
word: Pfeil
lang: Greek
word: βέλος
roman: vélos
lang: Greek
word: βελάκι
roman: veláki
lang: Greek
word: δείκτης
roman: deíktis
lang: Hawaiian
word: nahau
lang: Hebrew
word: חץ
roman: khetz
lang: Hungarian
word: nyíl
lang: Ido
word: flecho
lang: Indonesian
word: panah
lang: Ingush
word: гӏоаролг
roman: ğoarolg
lang: Italian
word: freccia
lang: Japanese
word: 矢印
roman: yajirushi
lang: Kimaragang
word: ramok do panah
lang: Korean
word: 화살표
roman: hwasalpyo
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: tîr
lang: Lao
word: ລູກສອນ
roman: lūk sǭn
lang: Latvian
word: bulta
lang: Lithuanian
word: rodyklė
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Fäil
lang: Macedonian
word: стре́лка
roman: strélka
lang: Malay
word: انق ڤانه
lang: Malay
word: anak panah
lang: Malayalam
word: ചിഹ്നം
roman: cihnaṁ
lang: Norman
word: flièche
lang: Persian
word: فلش
roman: fleš
lang: Persian
word: پیکانه
roman: peykâne
lang: Polish
word: strzałka
lang: Portuguese
word: seta
lang: Romanian
word: săgeată
lang: Russian
word: стре́лка
roman: strélka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: strelica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: стрелица
lang: Slovak
word: šípka
lang: Slovene
word: puščica
lang: Spanish
word: flecha
lang: Swedish
word: pil
lang: Telugu
word: బాణం గుర్తు
roman: bāṇaṁ gurtu
lang: Thai
word: ลูกศร
roman: lûuk-sɔ̌ɔn
lang: Turkish
word: ok
lang: Ukrainian
word: стрі́лка
roman: strílka
lang: Vietnamese
word: mũi tên
lang: Walloon
word: fritche
lang: Walloon
word: fletche