arrow
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈɛroʊ/
:
flecha
- Bow and arrow.
- bow and arrow
- shoot an arrow
- a quiver of arrows
And this gets tricky because they are such straight arrows with very painful barbs.
- And this gets tricky because they are such straight arrows with very painful barbs.
- Now airplane, the shaft of an arrow is the fuselage, right?
- So all three items, the knife, the bullet and the arrow were caught with the same hand.
- If I wasn't here taking these slings and arrows, they'd be throwing them at you.
Examples
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Straight as an arrow.
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Do you have the magic arrows?
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You both get one arrow each and it's a combined score.
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A person can pick up an arrow he has shot, but not a word he has spoken.
Academic text (1995) -
Look, the city is flying, we're fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow.
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Turning, he looked; the arrow buried in the tree next to him was still vibrating.
Fiction book (1990) -
A soldier beside him stumbled over, an arrow sticking out of his back.
Fiction book (1990) -
And as the Buddha noted, that arrow hurts because that's what arrows do.
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No bow, no arrows.
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The archer carefully aimed and released the arrow towards the target.
Synonyms
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6.6
An object thrown or fired through the air, often used as a weapon
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9.9
A short heavy arrow with a square head that a crossbow shoots
A wide arrowhead used on weapons in past battles
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
A mark like an arrowhead that shows something belongs to the British government
- Specialized
A North American water plant with arrow-shaped leaves and greenish flower spikes
- Specialized
A plant that grows in shallow water or marshes and can poison farm animals
- Specialized
A group of small grass-like plants that grow in wet places such as marshes
- Specialized
A North American wildflower with arrow-shaped leaves and purple flowers
A plant that lives for many years with arrowhead leaves, a long pointed flower cover, and green berries
- South African
A medium-sized evergreen shrub or tree from South Africa with thick leaves and purplish black berries
A shrub with flexible wood used to make arrows and blue-black berries that birds eat
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Arrow comes from an old English word for the pointed stick shot from a bow, a meaning it has had for many centuries. So, arrow still means a long, thin projectile with a pointed tip and a feathered tail.