Sekirov Dictionary

widow

UK /ˈwɪd.əʊ/US /ˈwɪd.oʊ/

noun8

  1. a woman who is still single after the death of her husband
  2. A person who has lost a spouse and hasn't remarried.
  3. Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
  4. A person whose spouse is absent.
  5. [in compounds] (informal, humorous) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc.
  6. Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).
  7. A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.
  8. An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.

verb4

  1. To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.
  2. (figurative) To strip of anything valued.
  3. (no longer used) To endow with a widow's right.
  4. (no longer used) To be widow to.
forms

widowed · widowing · widows

Phrases with widow

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