Arrow

¹

[ar-oh]

noun

1. Kenneth Joseph, 1921–2017, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1972.

arrow

²

[ar-oh]

noun

1. a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.

2. anything resembling an arrow in form, function, or character.

3. a linear figure having a wedge-shaped end, as one used on a map or architectural drawing, to indicate direction or placement.

4. Astronomy.,  Arrow, the constellation Sagitta.

5. broad arrow.

verb (used with object)

1. to indicate the proper position of (an insertion) by means of an arrow (often followed byin ).

   to arrow in a comment between the paragraphs.

arrow

/ ˈærəʊ /

noun

1. a long slender pointed weapon, usually having feathers fastened at the end as a balance, that is shot from a bow

2. any of various things that resemble an arrow in shape, function, or speed, such as a sign indicating direction or position

Other Word Forms

• arrowless adjective
• arrowlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arrow¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English arewe, arwe, Old English earh; cognate with Old Norse ǫr (plural ǫrvar ), Gothic arhwazna; unattested Germanic arhwō (feminine), akin to Latin arcus (genitive arcūs ) “bow, arc”; thus unattested Latin arku- “bow,” and unattested pre-Germanic arku-ā “belonging to the bow”; arc

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arrow¹

Old English arwe; related to Old Norse ör, Gothic arhvazna, Latin arcus bow, _arch ¹

Example Sentences

Most hold bows and arrows, but a select few wield akrafenas like my own.

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The candlelight flickered in the lenses of Edward Ashton’s glasses as if his eyes might shoot flaming arrows at her.

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Instead, she brought a small kit of watercolors with her into the hay maze and painted arrows on the hay stalks at each right or left turn.

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Pandas particularly like the umbrella, arrow, and golden bamboo varieties.

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Their chief caught them together unsupervised, became angry, and shot two arrows toward them.

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Related Words

• cursor 
• dart 
• missile 
• projectile