harrow
Meanings
Plural: harrows
Noun
- a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
- 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.
- An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
Verb
- draw a harrow over (land)
- To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
- To traumatize or disturb; to frighten or torment.
- To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
Intj
- A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English harwe, harow, from Old English *hearwa (perhaps ultimately cognate with harvest), or from Old Norse harfr/herfi; compare Danish harve (“harrow”), Dutch hark (“rake”). Akin to Latin carpere. According to the OED, the verb senses are partly derived from the noun sense, partly from a by-form of the verb harry, itself from Old English hergian.
Synonyms
abuse, ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, annoy, atray, bewound, cag, damage, damnify, dere, disk, distress, do damage to, do for, do ill, do violence to, engrieve, excruciate, forwork, grame, grieve, harass, harm, harrow, harry, hurt, injure, irritate, maul, misdo, pang, pine, plague, put someone in hospital, rack, rend, scaith, scathe, throe, torment, torture, trouble, vex, vulnerate, wet, wound, wring
Scrabble Score: 12
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