Harrow

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Help! hallo! hello! an exclamation of sudden distress, of lamentation, or of indignation or surprise: used by heralds to attract attention.
  • To draw a harrow over; break or tear with a harrow: as, to harrow land or ground.
  • To tear or lacerate as if by a harrow; torment; harass.
  • noun. An implement, usually formed of pieces of timber or bars of metal crossing one another and set with iron teeth (also called tines), drawn (usually by one corner) over plowed land to level it and break the clods, and to Cover Seed when sown.
  • noun. Disturbance; cry; uproar.
  • noun. A barrow-like military formation; also, that assumed by flying flocks of wild geese.
  • To ravage; despoil; vex: same as harry.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.
  • noun. An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
  • noun. a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow.
  • noun. See under 6th Drill.
  • noun. subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.
  • interjection. Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor; -- the ancient Norman hue and cry.
  • transitive verb. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed.
  • transitive verb. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
  • transitive verb. To pillage; to harry; to oppress.
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  • interjection. A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.
  • noun. 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.
  • verb. To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
  • verb. To traumatize or disturb; to frighten or torment.
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  • noun. a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
  • verb. draw a harrow over (land)
  • Word Usage
    "And then the crash of high explosive bombs, bursting in harrow-tooth lines across the city."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    plough  plow  turn  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Barrow  arrow  barrow  carrow  narrow  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Carter  cultivator  epopee  fogger  hoe  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    afflict  agonize  ail  backset  badger  
    verb-form