What does widow mean?
Definitions for widow
ˈwɪd oʊwid·ow
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word widow.
Princeton's WordNet
widow, widow womanverb
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
widowverb
cause to be without a spouse
"The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia"
Wiktionary
widownoun
A woman whose husband has died (and has not re-married); feminine of widower.
Etymology: From widewe, from widuwōn.
widownoun
A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
Etymology: From widewe, from widuwōn.
widownoun
A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
Etymology: From widewe, from widuwōn.
widownoun
type of venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus
Etymology: From widewe, from widuwōn.
widowverb
To make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.
Etymology: From widewe, from widuwōn.
Webster Dictionary
Widownoun
a woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband
Etymology: [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw, Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. "hi`qeos a bachelor. 248. Cf. Vidual.]
Widowadjective
widowed
Etymology: [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw, Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. "hi`qeos a bachelor. 248. Cf. Vidual.]
Widowverb
to reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle
Etymology: [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw, Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. "hi`qeos a bachelor. 248. Cf. Vidual.]
Widowverb
to deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave
Etymology: [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw, Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. "hi`qeos a bachelor. 248. Cf. Vidual.]
Widowverb
to endow with a widow's right
Etymology: [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw, Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. "hi`qeos a bachelor. 248. Cf. Vidual.]
Widowverb
to become, or survive as, the widow of
Etymology: [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw, Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. "hi`qeos a bachelor. 248. Cf. Vidual.]
Freebase
Widow
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood. This term can be used for either sex, at least according to some dictionaries, but the word widowerhood is also listed in some dictionaries. Occasionally, the word viduity is used. The adjective form for either sex is widowed. The treatment of widows around the world varies, but unequal benefits and treatment generally received by widows versus widowers globally has spurred an interest in the issue by human rights activists.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Widow
wid′ō, n. a woman who has lost her husband by death.—v.t. to bereave of a husband: to strip of anything valued: (Shak.) to endow with a widow's right: to be widow to.—ns. Wid′ow-bench, a widow's share of her husband's estate besides her jointure; Wid′ow-bewitched′, a grass-widow; Wid′ow-bird, a corruption of Whydah-bird; Wid′ower, a man whose wife is dead; Wid′owerhood; Wid′owhood, state of being a widow, or (rarely) of being a widower: (Shak.) a widow's right; Wid′ow-hun′ter, one who seeks to marry a widow for her money; Wid′ow-mā′ker, one who bereaves women of their husbands; Wid′ow's-cham′ber, the apparel and bedroom furniture of the widow of a London freeman, to which she was entitled; Wid′ow-wail, a dwarf shrub with pink, sweet-scented flowers, native to Spain and southern France.—Widow's lawn, a fine thin muslin; Widow's man, a fictitious person; Widow's silk, a silk fabric with dull surface, for mournings; Widow's weeds, the mourning dress of a widow. [A.S. widwe, wuduwe; Ger. wittwe, L. vidua, bereft of a husband, Sans. vidhavā.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
WIDOW
The wife of a golfer during the open season, unless she golfs, too. In that event the children are golf orphans.
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Rank popularity for the word 'widow' in Nouns Frequency: #1830
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of widow in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of widow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of widow in a Sentence
Remember that the Tarot is a great and sacred arcanum - its abuse is an obscenity in the inner and a folly in the outer. It is intended for quite other purposes than to determine when the tall dark man will meet the fair rich widow.
We believe that justice was not done here, our client is a 78-year-old widow, whose UBS broker put all of her money into one investment.
A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval.
I think Martha, Owen's widow, she's a very obtuse, square-headed person. I think she's done more to erase my brother Owen's memory than she ever did to remember him.
When I first started studying( the prosperity gospel), it was considered this sort of late-night TV preacher with greasy hair, ripping off a widow in Florida kind of reputation.
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Translations for widow
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- weduweeAfrikaans
- أرملةArabic
- dulAzerbaijani
- тол, тол ҡатынBashkir
- ўдаваBelarusian
- вдовицаBulgarian
- linenn intañvez, intañvezBreton
- viduCatalan, Valencian
- slaměná vdova, vdovaCzech
- въдоваOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- enkeDanish
- Witwe, HurenkindGerman
- ahosiEwe
- χήραGreek
- vidvinoEsperanto
- viudaSpanish
- leskEstonian
- بیوهPersian
- leski, leskiriviFinnish
- einkjaFaroese
- veuveFrench
- widdoWestern Frisian
- baintreachIrish
- banntrachScottish Gaelic
- אַלְמָנָהHebrew
- विधवाHindi
- özvegyasszony, özvegyHungarian
- այրիArmenian
- jandaIndonesian
- ekkjaIcelandic
- vedovaItalian
- ウィドー, 未亡人, 寡婦, 後家, 孤立行Japanese
- ქვრივიGeorgian
- жесір әйел, тұл әйел, тұл жесірKazakh
- ស្ត្រីមេម៉ាយKhmer
- 과부, 寡婦, 홀어미Korean
- жесир аялKyrgyz
- viduaLatin
- ແມ່ໝ້Lao
- našlėLithuanian
- atraitneLatvian
- takahore, pouaruMāori
- вдовицаMacedonian
- бэлэвсэн эхнэрMongolian
- विद्वाMarathi
- janda, baluMalay
- armlaMaltese
- မုဆိုးမBurmese
- weduweDutch
- enkjeNorwegian Nynorsk
- enkeNorwegian
- asdzání bahastiin daaztsánígííNavajo, Navaho
- ନିସଙ୍ଗ ଧାଡ଼ିOriya
- идӕдз усOssetian, Ossetic
- wdowaPolish
- viúvaPortuguese
- văduvăRomanian
- висячая строка, вдоваRussian
- विधवाSanskrit
- удо̀вица, ùdova, udòvica, у̀доваSerbo-Croatian
- vdovaSlovak
- vdovaSlovene
- veAlbanian
- änkaSwedish
- mjaneSwahili
- விதவைTamil
- беваTajik
- แม่หม้าย, แม่ม่ายThai
- dul zenan, dul aýalTurkmen
- dulTurkish
- вдоваUkrainian
- tul, bevaUzbek
- quả phụ, 寡婦Vietnamese
- אַלמאָנעYiddish
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