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| arrow [ árrō ] |
noun (plural arrows) |
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1. missile shot from bow: a long thin missile pointed at one end and usually with feathers at the other, fired from a bow
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2. direction sign: a direction sign consisting of a horizontal stroke finishing in the middle of a V shape
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3. Caribbean flower on stalk: a sugar cane flower and its stalk
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verb (3rd person present singular arrows, present participle arrowing, past and past participle arrowed) |
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1. intransitive verb dart: to move quickly like an arrow shot from a bow
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2. transitive verb Malaysia select somebody: to choose somebody to do something unpleasant
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informal
)
  The teacher arrowed me because I was dreaming in class.
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3. intransitive verb Caribbean produce blooms: to come into flower
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refers to sugar cane
)
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| [ Old English arwe< Old Norse örv-< Indo-European] |
