to widow
27
7.8
- verb
- /ˈwɪdoʊ/
:
viudar
- Poor, sad, widowed Teddy, wants to have a girls' night.
- recently widowed
- widowed mother
- widowed man
Examples
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In this, I shall have to go by the wishes of my widowed mother.
Fiction book (1992) -
The tragic car accident widowed Maria when she lost her husband just before their anniversary.
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Suddenly I thought of all my single women friends: the divorced, the widowed, some who had never married.
Fiction book (1996) -
There were some couples in the group, others widowed or single, but predominantly women.
Academic text (2008) -
Sixty percent were married, 17% were widowed, 12% had never been married, and 7% were divorced.
Academic text (1996) -
I thought about my mother, widowed at 52 after my father's heart stopped during a swim.
Fiction book (1997) -
Jed is a retired plumber who was widowed eight years ago.
Academic text (2012) -
Today, both men and women, married and widowed, engage in sexual liaisons well into their early seventies.
Academic text (1992) -
Mrs. McKay has been recently widowed, and now frequently attends her general practitioner's surgery.
Academic text (1999) -
To Albert Schmidt, a 60-ish lawyer just retired and widowed, the future seems ominous.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
To cause someone to lose a close family member or friend by death
Compounds
- US
12
5.6
A venomous spider from the Americas whose female is black with a red hourglass on the underside of its body
1
9.9
A large bird that is active at night in the southern United States with a loud repeated call
- Archaic
A woman whose husband is away for a long time, for example after divorce or separation
Surface Forms
Etymology
Widow as a verb comes from the same old word widuwe and means 'to leave someone without their husband or wife' by causing their death. So, to widow someone is to make them a widow.