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Definition harrow

Etymology 1

From Middle English harow, harowe, haru, harwe, from Old English *hearwe or *hearge (perhaps ultimately cognate with harvest), or from Old Norse harfr/herfi; compare Danish harve (“harrow”), Dutch hark (“rake”). Akin to Latin carpere.

Noun

harrow (plural harrows)

1. 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.
2. (military) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.

Verb

harrow (third-person singular simple present harrows, present participle harrowing, simple past and past participle harrowed)

1. (transitive) To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
2. (transitive) To traumatize or disturb; to frighten or torment.
3. (transitive) To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.

Etymology 2

From Middle English harrow, harrowe, haro, from Old French haro, harou, harau, harol, from Frankish *harot, *hara (“here; hither”), akin to Old Saxon herod, Old High German herot, Middle Dutch hare.

Interjection

harrow

1. (obsolete) A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.

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