arrow
1 Americannoun
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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.
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anything resembling an arrow in form, function, or character.
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a linear figure having a wedge-shaped end, as one used on a map or architectural drawing, to indicate direction or placement.
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Astronomy. Arrow, the constellation Sagitta.
verb (used with object)
noun
noun
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a long slender pointed weapon, usually having feathers fastened at the end as a balance, that is shot from a bow
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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
Etymology
Origin of arrow
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
Example Sentences
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Now, “the arrow of causality has flipped” on the view that “AI is killing the jobs first, and that’s what’s making the economy sick.”
From MarketWatch
And on those horses were soldiers dressed in red-and-gold tunics, with spears and swords and bows and arrows.
From Literature
“He would hurl himself straight as an arrow right into the great roaring grey wall of an oncoming breaker and go clean through it as if it had neither weight nor momentum.”
To get older, wiser and have your skin thickened by all the slings and arrows?
Species known as Anthony's poison arrow frog and the Phantasmal poison frog are among those that secrete the toxin onto their skin.
From BBC
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