farrow
pronunciation
How to pronounce farrow in British English:
UK [ˈfærəʊ]
How to pronounce farrow in American English:
US [ ˈfæroʊ]
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- Noun:
- the production of a litter of pigs
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- Verb:
- give birth
Word Origin
- farrow
- farrow: [OE] Farrow, nowadays used mainly as a verb for ‘give birth to a litter of pigs’, originally meant ‘young pig’. Its ultimate source was Indo- European *porkos (from which English also gets pork). The Germanic descendant of this was *farkhaz, which produced German ferkel ‘young pig’ and Dutch varken ‘pig’ (as in aardvark, literally ‘earth-pig’, originally from Afrikaans) as well as farrow.=> aardvark, pork
- farrow (n.)
- Old English fearh "young pig," from Proto-Germanic *farkhaz "young pig" (cognates: Middle Low German ferken, Dutch varken, both diminutives; Old High German farh, German Ferkel "young pig, suckling pig"), from PIE *porko- (see pork (n.)). Sense of "a litter of pigs" first recorded 1570s, probably via the verb ("to bring forth piglets," of a sow), which is attested from early 13c.
Example
- 1. But these laws are fiendishly difficult to enforce , says mr farrow .
- 2. Image above : our kitchen walls are painted in " dix blue " by farrow & ball .
- 3. The couple : mia farrow and woody allen
- 4. It was only when ms farrow became aware of mr taylor 's trial last year that she contacted the court .
- 5. Image above : the walls in our lounge are painted " pitch blue " by farrow & ball , quite possibly my all-time favourite paint colour .