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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

Noun

an implement used to break up clods of soil

Verb

to draw a harrow over (land) [from Old Norse]

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 [ˈhærəu] n → grada

vt → gradar

harrow [ˈhærəu] n (Agr) → herse f

harrow [ˈhærəu] n → Egge f

harrow [ˈhærəu] n (AGR) → erpice m