harrow
Plural: harrows
Noun
- a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
- 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.
- An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
Verb
Verb Forms: harrowed, harrowing, harrows
- To break up and level soil with an agricultural implement.
- draw a harrow over (land)
- To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
- To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
- To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.
Intj
- A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.
Examples
- The tactical play of HARROW allowed him to clear a path for a future big word.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
disk, abuse, ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, annoy, atray, bewound, cag, damage, damnify, dere, distress, do damage to, do for, do ill, do violence to, engrieve, excruciate, forwork, grame, grieve, harass, harm, harrow, harry, hurt, injure, irritate, maul, misdo, pang, pine, plague, put someone in hospital, rack, rend, scaith, scathe, throe, torment, torture, trouble, vex, vulnerate, wet, wound, wring
Scrabble Score: 12
harrow: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordharrow: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
harrow: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary