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harrow
/ˈhæɹoʊ/
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What does harrow mean?
noun
- 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.
- An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
verb
- To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
More meanings (8)
verb
- To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
- To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.
proper noun
- A town in northwestern Greater London, England, historically in the county of Middlesex.
- A London borough of Greater London, England.
- A locality in the Shire of Southern Grampians and the Shire of West Wimmera, south western Victoria, Australia.
- A prestigious public school for boys, in the town of Harrow.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a harrower.
interjection
- (obsolete) A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhæɹoʊ/
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Which would be best, to leave the land as it is until the rains come and then harrow, or harrow now?
Where such conditions do not exist, the treatment of the soil with the disk and harrow in the spring is usually sufficient.
More book examples (3)
The tooth harrow was run again across the rows, the disk harrow following chopped and pulverized the earth into the finest possible condition.
Three times it was sung during my Harrow days, and always by the same boy, chosen on account of his very sweet voice.
The most convenient harrow for putting on the finishing touches, for leveling off and fining the surface of the soil, is the lever spike-tooth.