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prow
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praʊ
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noun
1.
the forepart of a ship or boat; bow.
2.
the front end of an airship.
3.
Literary
.
a ship.
Origin:
1545–55;
<
Middle French
proue
<
Upper Italian
(
Genoese
)
prua
<
Latin
prōra
<
Greek
prôira
Related forms
prowed,
adjective
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Widmark's slim boat, with its dragonhead
prow
nosing the rugged coastlines.
Your correspondent experienced a moment of terror when a hippo leapt off the bank and over the
prow
of the canoe in front.
Its rigid, narrow
prow
is designed for maximum thrills-per-minute.
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Widmark's slim boat, with its dragonhead
prow
nosing the rugged coastlines.
Your correspondent experienced a moment of terror when a hippo leapt off the bank and over the
prow
of the canoe in front.
Its rigid, narrow
prow
is designed for maximum thrills-per-minute.
Use a
prow
shape between the ocean and the building, and remember the debris and backflow.
Nearly ten feet of the yacht's stern was cut off by the sharp
prow
of the steamboat.
The bowsprit is a pole that stretches out over the sea from the
prow
of the ship.
She sat in the
prow
of the boat, wearing a bright yellow oilskin, her flaxen.
But the cord attaching his ankle to the
prow
snaps and the canoe vanishes.
She showed a strong show on a seafaring theme with the focus on the bosom as a the body's
prow
.
She sat in the
prow
of the boat, wearing a bright yellow oilskin, her flaxen hair.
The tragic film ended with an enormous five-and-a-half-second-long close-up of her face as she stood on the
prow
of a ship.
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prow
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prou
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adjective
Archaic
.
valiant.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
<
Old French
prou
<
Vulgar Latin
*prōdis.
See
proud
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prow
(praʊ)
—
n
the bow of a vessel
[C16: from Old French
proue,
from Latin
prora,
from Greek
prōra;
related to Latin
pro
in front]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
prow
1555, from M.Fr. proue, from It. (Genoese) prua, from V.L. *proda, by dissimilation from L. prora "prow," from Gk. proira, related to pro "before, forward," proi "early in the morning."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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