harrowing
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noun
verb (used with object)
2.
to draw a harrow over (land).
3.
to disturb keenly or painfully; distress the mind, feelings, etc., of.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become broken up by harrowing, as soil.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English harwe; akin to Old Norse herfi harrow, Dutch hark rake, Greek krṓpion sickle
1250–1300; Middle English harwe; akin to Old Norse herfi harrow, Dutch hark rake, Greek krṓpion sickle
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har·row·er, noun
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harrow1 (ˈhærəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any of various implements used to level the ground, stir the soil, break up clods, destroy weeds, etc, in soil |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to draw a harrow over (land) |
| 3. | (intr) (of soil) to become broken up through harrowing |
| 4. | (tr) to distress; vex |
| [C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish harv, Swedish harf; related to Middle Dutch harke rake] | |
| 'harrower1 | |
| —n | |
| 'harrowing1 | |
| —adj, —n | |
| harrow1 (ˈhærəʊ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any of various implements used to level the ground, stir the soil, break up clods, destroy weeds, etc, in soil |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to draw a harrow over (land) |
| 3. | (intr) (of soil) to become broken up through harrowing |
| 4. | (tr) to distress; vex |
| [C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish harv, Swedish harf; related to Middle Dutch harke rake] | |
| 'harrower1 | |
| —n | |
| 'harrowing1 | |
| —adj, —n | |
| harrow2 (ˈhærəʊ) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to plunder or ravish |
| 2. | (of Christ) to descend into (hell) to rescue righteous souls |
| [C13: variant of Old English hergian to | |
| 'harrowment2 | |
| —n | |
| Harrow (ˈhærəʊ) | |
| —n | |
| a borough of NW Greater London; site of an English boys' public school founded in 1571 at Harrow-on-the-Hill, a part of this borough. Pop: 210 700 (2003 est). Area: 51 sq km (20 sq miles) | |
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Word Origin & History
harrow
"agricultural implement, heavy wooden rake," c.1300, haru, from O.E. *hearwa, apparently related to O.N. harfr "harrow," and perhaps connected with O.H.G. herbist "harvest" (see harvest). Also possibly from hergian (see harry).
harrow
especially in harrowing of Hell in Christian theology, from hergian (see harry). In the figurative sense of "to wound the feelings, distress greatly" it is first attested c.1600 in Shakespeare.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Harrow definition
(Heb. harits), a tribulum or sharp threshing sledge; a frame armed on the under side with rollers or sharp spikes (2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3). Heb. verb _sadad_, to harrow a field, break its clods (Job 39:10; Isa. 28:4; Hos. 10: 11). Its form is unknown. It may have resembled the instrument still in use in Egypt.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
But it is far more bizarre and psychologically harrowing than that.
Even to me, a case-hardened veteran of other people's affliction, the exposed sight was harrowing.
Follow seeding with a light harrowing or packing operation.
There were just far too many harrowing stories to hear, many were personal accounts by our parents and grandparents.
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