Definitions for Harrow
ˈhær oʊhar·row

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. harrowverb

   a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil

2. harrow, diskverb

   draw a harrow over (land)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harrowinterj.

   An exclamation of sudden distress. Now out of use.

2. Harrownoun

   A frame of timbers crossing each other, and set with teeth, drawn over sowed ground to break the clods and throw the earth over the seed.

   Etymology: charroue, French; harcke, German, a rake.

   The land with daily care
   Is exercis’d, and with an iron war
   Of rakes and harrows. John Dryden, Georgick.

   Two small harrows, that clap on each side of the ridge, harrow it right up and down. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

3. To Harrowverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To break with the harrow.

   Friend, harrow in time, by some manner of means,
   Not only thy peason, but also thy beans. Thomas Tusser, Husbandry.

   Can’st thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Job xxxix. 10.

   Let the Volscians
   Plow Rome, and harrow Italy, I’ll never
   Be such a gosling to obey instinct. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   2. To tear up; to rip up.

   I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word
   Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood,
   Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres. Sh.

   Imagine you behold me bound and scourg’d,
   My aged muscles harrow’d up with whips;
   Or hear me groaning on the rending rack. Nicholas Rowe.

   3. To pillage; to strip; to lay waste. See Harry, which in Scottish is the same thing.

   As the king did excel in good commonwealth laws, so he had in secret a design to make use of them, as well for collecting of treasure as for correcting of manners; and so meaning thereby to harrow his people, did accumulate them the rather. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   4. To invade; to harass with incursions. [From hergian , Saxon.]

   And he that harrow’d hell with heavy stowre,
   The faulty souls from thence brought to his heavenly bowre. Fairy Queen, b. i. cant. 10.

   Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day
   Did’st make thy triumph over death and sin;
   And having harrow’d hell, did’st bring away
   Captivity thence captive, us to win. Edmund Spenser, Sonnets.

   5. To disturb; to put into commotion. [This should rather be written harry, harer, French.]

   Most like: it harrows me with fear and wonder. William Shakespeare.

   Amaz’d I stood, harrow’d with grief and care. John Milton.

   Harrow now out and weal away, he cried;
   What dismal day hath sent this cursed light,
   To see my lord so deadly damnify’d? Fairy Queen, b. ii.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harrownoun

   an implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown

2. Harrownoun

   an obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried

3. Harrownoun

   to draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land

4. Harrownoun

   to break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex

5. Harrow

   help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry

6. Harrowverb

   to pillage; to harry; to oppress

7. Etymology: [See Harry.]

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harrow

   Harrow was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Harrow suburb of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1945 general election.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harrow

   har′ō, n. a frame of wood or iron toothed with spikes for smoothing and pulverising ploughed land, and for covering seeds sown.—v.t. to draw a harrow over: to harass: to tear.—adj. Harr′owing, acutely distressing to the mind.—adv. Harr′owingly.—n. Chain′-harr′ow, a harrow composed of rings for breaking clods of earth.—Under the harrow, in distress or anxiety. [A.S. hearge; cf. Ice. herfi, Dan. harv.]

2. Harrow

   See Haro.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harrow

   a town of Middlesex, built on an eminence 200 ft. high, 12 m. from St. Paul's, London; its church, St. Mary's, founded by Lanfranc, is a Gothic structure of great architectural interest. Harrow School, a celebrated public school, was founded in 1571 for the free education of 30 poor boys of the parish, but subsequently opened its doors to "foreigners," and now numbers upwards of 500 pupils.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. harrow

   In a military sense, means to lay waste; to ravage; to destroy.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HARROW

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Harrow is ranked #22246 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Harrow surname appeared 1,159 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Harrow.
   
   76.4% or 886 total occurrences were White.
   17.5% or 203 total occurrences were Black.
   2.5% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 22 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.5% or 18 total occurrences were Asian.

How to pronounce Harrow?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Harrow in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Harrow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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