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Definition of 'prow' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) prow
the forepart of a ship or boat; bow.

2.  prow
a similar projecting forepart, as the nose of an airplane.

Etymology:  (1545–55; < MF proue < Upper It (Genoese) prua < L prōra < Gk prôira)

Definition of 'prow' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) bow, fore, prow, stem
front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"


Definition of 'prow' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) prow
benefit; profit; good; advantage

2. (noun) prow
the fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself

3. (noun) prow
see Proa

4.  prow
valiant; brave; gallant; courageous


Translation of 'prow' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the front part of a ship; the bow.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: boeg Arabic flag Arabic: مُقَدَّم السَّفينَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: нос
Brazilian flag Brazilian: proa Czech flag Czech: příď German flag German: der Bug
Danish flag Danish: bov; stævn Greek flag Greek: πλώρη Spanish flag Spanish: proa
Estonian flag Estonian: käil Farsi flag Farsi: سینه ی کشتی Finnish flag Finnish: keula
French flag French: proue Hebrew flag Hebrew: חַרטוֹם Hindi flag Hindi: मन्दान
Hungarian flag Hungarian: hajóorr Indonesian flag Indonesian: haluan Icelandic flag Icelandic: stefni
Italian flag Italian: prua Japanese flag Japanese: 船首 Korean flag Korean: 뱃머리, 이물
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pirmagalys Latvian flag Latvian: (laivas, kuģa) priekšgals Malay flag Malay: haluan
Dutch flag Dutch: voorsteven Norwegian flag Norwegian: baug, forstavn Polish flag Polish: dziób
Persian flag Persian: سینه ی کشتی Pashto flag Pashto: د بيړى مخه خوا Portuguese flag Portuguese: proa
Romanian flag Romanian: proră Russian flag Russian: нос Slovak flag Slovak: prova
Slovenian flag Slovenian: premec Serbian flag Serbian: pramac Swedish flag Swedish: för[stäv]
Thai flag Thai: หัวเรือ Turkish flag Turkish: geminin baş tarafı, pruva Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 船頭,艦首
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ніс Urdu flag Urdu: جہاز کا اگلا حصہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mũi tàu
Chinese flag Chinese: 船头,舰首

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