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1. (n.) widow
a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not remarried.
2. widow
(in cards) an additional hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table.
3. widow
a short last line of a paragraph, esp. one less than half of the full measure or one consisting of only a single word.
4. widow
(esp. in word processing) the last line of a paragraph when it is carried over to the top of the following page.
5. widow
a woman often left alone because her husband devotes his free time to a hobby or sport:
a golf widow.
6. (v.t.) widow
to make (someone) a widow.
7. widow
to deprive of anything cherished or needed.
8. widow
Obs.
9. widow
to survive as the widow of.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME wid(e)we, OE widuwe, wydewe, c. OS widowa, OHG wituwa, Go widuwo, L vidua, Skt vidhavā)
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| Definition of 'widow' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) widow, widow woman
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
2. (verb) widow
cause to be without a spouse
"The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia"
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1. (noun) widow
a woman whose husband has died
the widow of the murdered man
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) widow
widowed
2. (noun) widow
a woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband
3. (verb) widow
to reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle
4. (verb) widow
to deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave
5. (verb) widow
to endow with a widow's right
6. (verb) widow
to become, or survive as, the widow of
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Sense: a woman whose husband is dead
My brother's widow has married again.
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 Afrikaans: weduwee |
 Arabic: أرْمَلَه |
 Bulgarian: вдовица |
 Brazilian: viúva |
 Czech: vdova |
 German: die Witwe |
 Danish: enke |
 Greek: χήρα |
 Spanish: viuda |
 Estonian: lesk(naine) |
 Farsi: بیوه |
 Finnish: leski |
 French: veuve |
 Hebrew: אַלמָנָה |
 Hindi: विधवा |
 Croatian: udovica |
 Hungarian: özvegy(asszony) |
 Indonesian: janda |
 Icelandic: ekkja |
 Italian: vedova |
 Japanese: 未亡人 |
 Korean: 과부 |
 Lithuanian: našlė |
 Latvian: atraitne |
 Malay: balu |
 Dutch: weduwe |
 Norwegian: enke |
 Polish: wdowa |
 Persian: بیوه |
 Pashto: كونډه |
 Portuguese: viúva |
 Romanian: văduvă |
 Russian: вдова |
 Slovak: vdova |
 Slovenian: vdova |
 Serbian: udovica |
 Swedish: änka |
 Thai: แม่ม่าย |
 Turkish: dul kadın |
 Taiwanese: 寡婦 |
 Ukrainian: вдова |
 Urdu: بیوہ |
 Vietnamese: bà góa |
 Chinese: 寡妇 |
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