harrow
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From Middle English harwe, harow, from Old English *hearwa (perhaps ultimately cognate with harvest), or from Old Norse harfr/herfi; compare Danish harve (“harrow”), Dutch hark (“rake”). Akin to Latin carpere. According to the OED, the verb senses are partly derived from the noun sense, partly from a by-form of the verb harry, itself from Old English hergian.
Inflected forms:
form: harrows
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: harrows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: harrowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: harrowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: harrowed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
pos: noun
examples: He sent for the carpenter, who was under contract to be with the threshing-machine, but it turned out that he was mending the harrows, which should have been mended the week before Lent.
“It may be fun for her,” I said with one of my bitter laughs, “but it isn't so diverting for the unfortunate toads beneath the harrow whom she plunges so ruthlessly in the soup.”
Part of your job would be to learn tractor ploughing and the use of planters, harrows, and cultivators.
gloss: An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
pos: noun
gloss: To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Will he harrow the valleys after thee?
When the corn was sown, I had no harrow, but was forced to go over it myself, and drag a great heavy bough of a tree over it, to scratch it, as it may be called, rather than rake or harrow it.
gloss: To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It harrows me with fear and wonder.
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The headless horseman harrowed Ichabod Crane as he tried to reach the bridge.
gloss: To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: my aged muscles harrow'd up with whips
Related words: spring-tooth harrow
Derived words: disc harrow
power harrow
rest-harrow
ridge harrow
road harrow
restharrow
harrower
harrowing
harrowing of hell
harrow up
upharrow
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: тревожа
roman: trevoža
lang: Bulgarian
word: терзая
roman: terzaja
lang: Cornish
word: grevya
lang: Dutch
word: doen schrikken
lang: Dutch
word: angst aanjagen
lang: Finnish
word: pelotella
lang: Finnish
word: vaivata
lang: German
word: peinigen
lang: German
word: quälen
lang: Greek
word: βασανίζω
roman: vasanízo
lang: Greek
word: τραυματίζω
roman: travmatízo
lang: Hungarian
word: kínoz
lang: Hungarian
word: gyötör
lang: Hungarian
word: zaklat
lang: Russian
word: трево́жить
roman: trevóžitʹ
lang: Russian
word: терза́ть
roman: terzátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: atormentar
lang: Spanish
word: asaetear