Definitions for harrowing
har·row·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesomeadjective

   extremely painful

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1. harrowingadjective

   Causing pain or distress.

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1. harrowing

   In agriculture, a harrow is a farm implement used for surface tillage. It is used after ploughing for breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil. The purpose of harrowing is to break up clods and to provide a soil structure, called tilth, that is suitable for planting seeds. Coarser harrowing may also be used to remove weeds and to cover seed after sowing. Harrows differ from ploughs, which cut the upper 12 to 25 centimetre (5 to 10 in) layer of soil, and leave furrows, parallel trenches. Harrows differ from cultivators in that they disturb the whole surface of the soil, while a cultivator instead disturbs only narrow tracks between the crop rows to kill weeds. There are four general types of harrows: disc harrows, tine harrows (including spring-tooth harrows, drag harrows, and spike harrows), chain harrows, and chain-disk harrows. Harrows were originally drawn by draft animals, such as horses, mules, or oxen, or in some times and places by manual labourers. In modern practice they are almost always tractor-mounted implements, either trailed after the tractor by a drawbar or mounted on the three-point hitch. A modern development of the traditional harrow is the rotary power harrow, often just called a power harrow.

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1. Harrowing

   of Harrow

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of harrowing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of harrowing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of harrowing in a Sentence

1. Stefan Worrall:

   In U.S. dollar terms, Japan is significantly underperforming versus the U.S. and some of that may have to do with the fact that it's the end of a financial year and the end of a financial quarter that has been particularly harrowing, so much money in Japan is institutional and for that reason institutional frames of mind prevail, which can cause things to slow down at certain times of year.

2. Prosecutor Kym Worthy:

   It is a gross understatement to say that this case is harrowing example of irresponsible pet ownership.

3. The BBC:

   This harrowing documentary, made with the full support and cooperation of the victim’s parents, provides a revealing insight into a horrific crime that sent shockwaves around the world and led to protests across India demanding changes in attitudes towards women, the film handles the issue responsibly, and we are confident the program fully complies with our editorial guidelines.

4. Toni Esquibel:

   There were probably about 10 shots. It was pretty harrowing. Pretty harrowing, not fun for young girls to have to go through that kind of experience.

5. Ryan Reynolds:

   I think what a lot of people do n’t understand about the sport of football is how much anxiety it creates more than any other sport, that last 20 minutes was harrowing, it was amongst the greatest and worst 20 minutes of my entire life.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=harrowing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Harrowing
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowing
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harrowing