Harrow

Har·row  (hr)

A borough of Greater London in southeast England. It is the site of the public school Harrow, founded in 1571. Population: 214,000.

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har·row ¹  (hr)

n.

A farm implement consisting of a heavy frame with sharp teeth or upright disks, used to break up and even off plowed ground.

tr.v. har·rowed, har·row·ing, har·rows

1. To break up and level (soil or land) with a harrow.

2. To inflict great distress or torment on.

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[Middle English harwe.]

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harrow·er n.

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har·row ²  (hr)

tr.v. har·rowed, har·row·ing, har·rows Archaic

To plunder; sack.

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[Middle English herwen, variant of harien; see harry.]

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Harrow [ˈhærəʊ]

n

(Placename) a borough of NW Greater London; site of an English boys' public school founded in 1571 at Harrow-on-the-Hill, a part of this borough. Pop.: 207 389 (2001). Area: 51 sq. km (20 sq. miles)

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harrow¹

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) any of various implements used to level the ground, stir the soil, break up clods, destroy weeds, etc., in soil

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to draw a harrow over (land)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (intr) (of soil) to become broken up through harrowing

3. (tr) to distress; vex

[of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish harv, Swedish harf; related to Middle Dutch harke rake]

harrower  n

harrowing  adj & n

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harrow²

vb (tr) Archaic

1. to plunder or ravish

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (of Christ) to descend into (hell) to rescue righteous souls

[variant of Old English hergian to harry]

harrowment  n

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harrow, harrowing - To harrow is to wound the feelings or cause to suffer—which gives us harrowing.

See also related terms for suffer.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	harrow - a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil cultivator, tiller - a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) disc harrow, disk harrow - a harrow with a series of disks set on edge at an angle
Verb	1.	harrow - draw a harrow over (land) disk farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock plow, plough, turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

Translations

harrow [ˈhærəʊ] (Agr)

A. N → grada f, rastra f

B. VT

1. (Agr) → gradar

2. (fig) → torturar, destrozar

harrow [ˈhærəʊ] n → herse f

harrow (Agr)

n → Egge f

vt

(Agr) → eggen

(fig, usu pass) to harrow somebody → jdn quälen or peinigen (geh)

harrow [ˈhærəʊ] (Agr)

1. n → erpice m

2. vt → erpicare