widowed

wid·ow  (wd)

n.

1. A woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried.

2. Informal A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport or hobby.

3. An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder. Also called kitty¹.

4. Printing

a. A single, usually short line of type, as one ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of the next page or column.

b. A short line at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph.

tr.v. wid·owed, wid·ow·ing, wid·ows

To make a widow or widower of.

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[Middle English widewe, from Old English widuwe.]

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widowed

Adjective

denoting a person, usually a woman, whose spouse has died and who has not remarried

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

widowed - single because of death of the spouse unmarried, single - not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?"

Translations

widowed [ˈwɪdəud] adj → viudo

widowed [ˈwɪdəud] adj → (qui est devenu(e)) veuf(veuve)

widowed [ˈwɪdəud] widow adj → verwitwet

widowed [ˈwɪdəud] adj → (che è rimasto/a) vedovo/a