to arrow
- verb
- /ˈɛroʊ/
- Archaic
- And I shoot arrows at the speed of atomic particles.
Examples
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He aimed carefully before he arrowed at the bullseye in the competition.
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Daryl neatly arrows an owl for dinner!
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You'll see how I shoot the bow and arrow... ...and how far I can swim and they're having a father-son race.
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During my archery practice, I successfully arrowed the target from fifty feet away.
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With great focus and precision, she arrowed the arrow directly into the center of the target.
Synonyms
To fire a gun or hit something with a bullet
To pierce something with a long sharp point like a stick or fork
Cut a skin sore to let out fluid
Antonyms
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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Etymology
Arrow as a verb meaning 'to hit with an arrow' comes directly from the weapon itself, since people used the word to say someone was shot or wounded by an arrow. So, to arrow someone once meant to shoot them with an arrow, and that is the verb's basic meaning.