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Harrow Common

Harrow has 7 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Verb · Intj · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil

"The farmer hitched the heavy harrow to his tractor to level the field before planting the wheat seeds."

2

A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.

"The farmer hitched the horses to the new steel harrow and began dragging it behind the tractor to level the field before planting the corn."

Verb
1

draw a harrow over (land)

"The farmer drove the tractor across the field to harrow the land and break up the clumps of soil after plowing."

2

To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.

"The farmer drove the tractor across the field to harrow the soil before planting the seeds."

Intj
1

A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.

"The harrow sent out by the missing hikers reached every station in the region within minutes."

Proper Noun
1

A town in northwestern Greater London, England.

"The genealogist noted that the family name Harrow was derived from an ancestor who worked as a harrower on their estate."

2

An occupational surname, from occupations for a harrower.

See Also
tind disk tormentor drag scarify belmont device greater london
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cultivator plow
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
disk harrow
Rhyming Words
row prow grow arow brow frow crow trow mrow drow shrow scrow serow karow arrow throw strow ingrow narrow garrow
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