Sekirov Dictionary

harrow

UK /ˈhæɹəʊ/US /ˈhæɹoʊ/

verb 3
noun 2
exclamation 1
forms 5
phrases 1

verb3

•
To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
- Will he harrow the valleys after thee? — 1611
•
To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
- It harrows me with fear and wonder. — 1599
•
To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.
- my aged muscles harrow'd up with whips — 1707

noun2

•
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.
- He sent for the carpenter, who was under contract to be with the threshing-machine, but it turned out that he was mending the harrows, which should have been mended the week before Lent. — 1918
An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.

exclamation1

•
(no longer used) A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.
- Harrow, the flames, which me consume (said hee) / Ne can be quencht, within my secret bowels bee. — 1590

forms

harrowed · harrowing · harroweth · harrows · harrowest

Phrases with harrow

harrow up
To bring to the surface.

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