arrow
//ˈæɹəʊ//
Forms
- Plural
- arrows
- present (v1)
- arrow
- past (v2)
- arrowed
- past participle (v3)
- arrowed
- present participle
- arrowing
- 3rd person singular
- arrows
Definitions
1.A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
2.A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.→).
3.A directed edge.
4.A morphism.
1.To let fly swiftly and directly.
- Jermain Defoe dinked in an equaliser and Gareth Bale hit the crossbar for the hosts before Elliott Bennett arrowed in Norwich's winner.
2.To develop an inflorescence.
- It is easily grown and arrows freely. It appears to be of moderate merit only, but might be cautiously tried on a small scale.
- The more vigorous and luxuriant the vegetation of a field of canes, the less will the tendency to flowering be shewn; whereas nearly all the canes will be found to arrow if the soil be poor and the vegetation meagre.
3.To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).
- Above his head, a startled bird arrows up, into the sun.
4.To navigate using the arrow keys.
- Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4586
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (“arrow”) (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto-West Germanic *arhu (“arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *arhwō (“arrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).