noun Anatomy a soft, fatty, vascular tissue in the interior cavities of bones that is a major site of blood cell production.
the inmost or essential part: to pierce to the marrow of a problem.
strength or vitality: Fear took the marrow out of him.
rich and nutritious food.
Origin of marrow 1 before 900; Middle English mar(o)we, Old English mearg; cognate with Dutch merg, German Mark, Old Norse mergr
Related forms mar·row·ish , adjective mar·row·less , adjective mar·row·y , adjective noun Scot. and North England a partner; fellow worker.
a spouse; helpmate.
a companion; close friend.
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Origin of marrow 2 1400–50; late Middle English marwe fellow worker, partner, perhaps < Old Norse margr friendly, literally, many
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Related Words for marrow quintessence ,
kernel ,
substance ,
meat ,
core ,
bottom ,
soul ,
pith ,
stuff ,
essentiality ,
quick ,
cream ,
spirit ,
gist ,
quintessential ,
virtuality Examples from the Web for marrow Contemporary Examples of marrow For, as the poet Bialik said in another context, it is we who will pay the price of the blaze with our blood and marrow .
Mr. Thoreau wanted to drive life into a corner, to live deep and suck out all the marrow .
Unlike donors of vital organs like kidneys, marrow donors can give again and again.
Those times when I realize I am alone with myself and my thoughts I do take the time to suck the marrow out of it.
Historical Examples of marrow When she pressed a little she felt she distinguished the suffering cries of the marrow .
The bone was formed by sifting pure smooth earth and wetting it with marrow .
Worst of all and most fatal is the disease of the marrow , by which the whole course of the body is reversed.
The first principle of all of them was the generation of the marrow .
It is the pith and marrow of every substance, every relation, and every process.
British Dictionary definitions for marrow noun the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
the vital part; essence
vitality
rich food
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Derived Forms marrowy , adjective Word Origin for marrow Old English mærg; related to Old Frisian merg, Old Norse mergr
noun Northeast English dialect , mainly Durham a companion, esp a workmate
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Word Origin for marrow C15 marwe fellow worker, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Icelandic margr friendly
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Word Origin and History for marrow n. late 14c., from Old English mearg "marrow," earlier mærh , from Proto-Germanic *mazga- (cf. Old Norse mergr , Old Saxon marg , Old Frisian merg , Middle Dutch march , Dutch merg , Old High German marg , German Mark "marrow"), from PIE *mozgo- "marrow" (cf. Sanskrit majjan- , Avestan mazga- "marrow," Old Church Slavonic mozgu , Lithuanian smagenes "brain"). Figurative sense of "inmost or central part" is attested from c.1400.
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n. Bone marrow.
The spinal cord.
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