harrow
pronunciation
How to pronounce harrow in British English:
UK [ˈhærəʊ]
How to pronounce harrow in American English:
US [ˈhæroʊ]
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- Noun:
- a cultivator that pulverizes or smoothes the soil
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- Verb:
- draw a harrow over (land)
Word Origin
- harrow (n.)
- agricultural implement, heavy wooden rake, c. 1300, haru, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hearwa, apparently related to Old Norse harfr "harrow," and perhaps connected with harvest (n.). Or possibly from hergian (see harry (v.)).
- harrow (v.1)
- "to drag a harrow over, break or tear with a harrow," c. 1300, from harrow (n.). In the figurative sense of "wound the feelings, distress greatly" it is first attested c. 1600 in Shakespeare. Related: Harrowed; harrowing.
- harrow (v.2)
- "to ravage, despoil," especially in harrowing of Hell in Christian theology, early 14c., from Old English hergian "to ravage, plunder; seize, capture" (see harry (v.)). Related: Harrowed; harrowing.
Example
- 1. Harrow has one in beijing and one in bangkok .
- 2. She finally handed in her resignation and left harrow at christmas .
- 3. A few months after starting at harrow , joanne met the england rugby star matt dawson in a london nightclub and they started going out .
- 4. Harrow says it alone makes the decision and the school has taken the precaution of picking the next head of the bangkok school from the existing harrow establishment .
- 5. Harrow and dulwich have earmarked the earnings for bursaries at their original london schools although others are more anxious to reduce the standard fees at the mother school .