arrowed
- adjective
- /ˈɛroʊd/
- She wore a necklace with an arrowed pendant that pointed downward.
Examples
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The building's roof had an arrowed design that stood out in the city skyline.
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She wore a dress with an arrowed pattern.
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The artist drew an arrowed line to indicate the direction of movement.
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The arrowed design of the sign caught my attention.
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The artist drew an arrowed line to indicate the direction of movement.
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The building's roof had an arrowed design that stood out in the city skyline.
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She wore a dress with an arrowed pattern.
Synonyms
A thing with a sharp tip
Shaped like a long thin sharp needle
Having a very thin end that can prick or cut
Ending in a small sharp tip
A shape that is pointed, gets narrow, and ends in a sharp tip
Having the shape of an arrowhead, narrow and pointed
Narrow and tapering to a pointed tip like a lance
Having a long narrow shape that ends in a sharp point like a spear
Narrow and coming to a sharp point like a small tool used to make holes
Narrow and flat, getting thinner at the end like a knife
With a small sharp tip like a stiff hair
A curved, pointed shape like an arch or a rocket nose
How Pointed
Surface Forms
Morphology
arrowed = arrow (transparent) = arrow + ed
The adjective is the past-participial/adjectival form of the verb 'arrow', so the meaning 'shaped like an arrow' is transparently derived.
Etymology
Arrowed comes from arrow and arrowhead, both words for a pointed shape, so picture the narrow tip of an arrow. So something arrowed is 'shaped like an arrow' or ends in a sharp point.