Arrow
['ærəʊ] or ['æro]
Definition
(noun.) a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow.
(noun.) a mark to indicate a direction or relation.
Typed by Erica--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.
Editor: Mary
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dart, shaft, bolt.
Edited by Hattie
Definition
n. a straight pointed weapon made to be shot from a bow: any arrow-shaped pin or ornament: the chief shoot of a plant esp. the flowering stem of the sugar-cane.—n. Ar′row-head the head or pointed part of an arrow: an aquatic plant native to England with arrow-shaped leaves rising above the water—reputed good for hydrophobia.—adj. Ar′row-head′ed shaped like the head of an arrow.—n. Ar′row-shot the distance traversed by an arrow.—adj. Ar′rowy of or like arrows.
Editor: Lucia
Unserious Contents or Definition
Pleasure follows this dream. Entertainments, festivals and pleasant journeys may be expected. Suffering will cease. An old or broken arrow, portends disappointments in love or business.
Bow and arrow in a dream, denotes great gain reaped from the inability of others to carry out plans. To make a bad shot means disappointed hopes in carrying forward successfully business affairs.
Edited by Hardy
Examples
- He immediately signalled to the cruiser to send water, medicine, and provisions, and another boat made the perilous trip to the Arrow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- As if it were Cock Robin, the hero of the ballad, and Mr Venus were the sparrow with his bow and arrow, and Mr Wegg were the fly with his little eye. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He stared at her, groping in a blackness through which a single arrow of light tore its blinding way. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He was an almost perfect specimen of manhood; tall, straight as an arrow, superbly muscled and with the carriage and bearing of a ruler of men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Similarly it can be shown that the center of the arrow will be at the point _T_, and we see that the image is larger than the object. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There are also abundant arrow heads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Grant it but a chink or keyhole, and it shot in like a white-hot arrow. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The singing arrows that destroyed the army of Crassus came, it would seem, originally from the Altai and the Tian Shan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He could kill him at his leisure later, when the bow and deadly arrows were laid aside. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Under the clear rays of the Arizona moon lay Powell, his body fairly bristling with the hostile arrows of the braves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Tarzan would have liked to subdue the ugly beast without recourse to knife or arrows. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The arrows indicate the direction of flow. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His quiver is not seen; if his arrows penetrate, their wound is like a thrill of new life. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They fight with bows and arrows and a short spear: they go into battle wearing trousers and having caps on their heads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Remington