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arrow

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noun

ar·​row ˈer-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce arrow (audio)
ˈa-(ˌ)rō
plural arrows
1
: a missile shot from a bow and usually having a slender shaft, a pointed head, and feathers at the butt
2
: something shaped like an arrow
especially : a mark (as on a map or signboard) to indicate direction
3
: a painful or damaging experience or occurrence that is likened to being shot with an arrow
… to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune … William Shakespeare

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verb

arrowed; arrowing; arrows
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a
intransitive : to move fast and straight like an arrow in flight
Just below us, a hunting peregrine falcon arrowed across the sere fields … Tom Mueller
b
transitive : to hit or throw (something) toward a target fast and straight like an arrow
Mia Hamm … doesn't even look up as she arrows a pass to her teammate with almost telepathic confidence. David Hirshey
2
transitive, chiefly US : to shoot (an animal) with an arrow
In the spring, only boy turkeys can be shot or arrowed. Fred LeBrun

Example Sentences

Noun The arrow on the map points north.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The weekend of July 30, Whitney and her dad found themselves in a swamp, doing night hunting with a bow and arrow. CBS News, 3 Sep. 2022 In the midst of the Red Scare, the design of a bow and arrow was deemed too sensitive for public release. WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022 Allison’s father Chris (JR Bourne) in the hospital to inform him that Allison is alive, followed by footage of Reed walking in the rain, equipped with a bow and arrow. Wilson Chapman, Variety, 21 July 2022 Jason Emmel, of Louisa, Virginia, broke the state record catching a 66-pound, 5-ounce blue catfish with a bow and arrow, according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. Fox News, 20 July 2022 At the bottom of each pushup, position your arms at a 45-degree angle so your torso forms the shape of an arrow. Nick Tumminello, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2022 Those little arrow logos, Baldwin said, confuse the issue. Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2022 The first robbery occurred on Sept. 8, 2021, in Gahana, Ohio, when Campbell, wearing a mask and carrying a semi-automatic pistol, stole an arrow key from a carrier who was working at Vistas at Rocky Fork apartments, prosecutors say. Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022 Soto, though — along with Bell, former Brewers closer Josh Hader and versatile, arrow-up bat Brandon Drury of the Reds — kicked his league lore into overdrive. Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
Verb
The Launch's default look is subdued, but the board comes with blue and red Esc and arrow keys for extra pop. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2022 Kate came to the bow and arrow on her own, though Clint's years of experience are still a benefit. Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2021 In Bears Ears -- named for the twin buttes that rise above the landscape -- tourists and looters routinely steal ceramic shards, arrow heads and other remnants of the settlements of the Ancestral Puebloan Indians who lived in the area. Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2021 Meanwhile, Katurah plays the help, who is readying weapons, from knives to bow and arrow to guns and RPGs in between skits. Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, 8 July 2021 Video captured McCormick in an argument with some protesters, and showed him getting a bow and arrow out of his car and pointing it at several people. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Nov. 2020 The steering tracks arrow straight, and the brakes inspire confidence with both a 184-foot stop from 70 mph and firm feel. K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 10 Aug. 2020 Residents at Windsor Ridge in Jeffersonville are using Nerf guns and bow and arrow sets, miniature dart boards, a bowling set, remote-control cars and more during the pandemic to pass time. David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal, 31 Mar. 2020 However, the crowning moment was without doubt his third of the night, Messi parting Real like the red sea and arrowing a fierce shot beyond Iker Casillas. SI.com, 24 June 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English arwe, arowe, going back to Old English earh (strong noun, probably neuter), arwe, arewe (weak feminine noun), going back to Germanic *arhwō- "arrow," presumably originally an adjectival derivative "belonging to the bow" (whence also Old Icelandic ǫr, genitive ǫrvar "arrow," and, with an additional suffix, Gothic arhwazna), going back to dialectal Indo-European *arkw- "bow," whence also Latin arcus "bow, rainbow, arch"

Note: See the Oxford English Dictionary, third edition, for details of the Old and Middle English developments. The editors point out that earh is a rare poetic word, occurring mainly in the compound earhfaru "flight of arrows," the more usual older words for "arrow" being strǣl and flā; the popularity of arwe in later Old English prose may have resulted from influence of the Old Norse word. — The etymon *arkw- "bow" (*h2erkw- if a is excluded as a possible vowel) has been compared with various names for plants, as Greek árkeuthos "juniper (Juniperus macrocarpa)," Russian rakíta (for *rokíta by vowel reduction) "the willow Salix fragilis," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian ràkita "osier (Salix viminalis)" (both from Slavic *orkyta), Latvian ẽrcis "juniper." The presumed connection would be from the use of wood from these small trees as material for bows, though this is questionable (especially in the case of willows). In any case both sets of words appear to be of substratal origin.

Verb

derivative of arrow entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of arrow was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing arrow

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