Sekirov Dictionary

farrow

UK /ˈfæɹəʊ/US /ˈfæɹoʊ/

adjective 1
noun 1
verb 1
forms 4

adjective1

Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren.

noun1

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A litter of piglets.
- Aha! I know you, gammer! Hamlet, revenge! The old sow that eats her farrow! — 1922

verb1

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To give birth to (a litter of piglets).
- The members of a particular family refuse to eat pig, because they owe their existence to a sow, which farrowed babies and little pigs at the same birth. — 1918

forms

farrowed · farrowing · farroweth · farrows

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