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Word entry · 6 letters

harrow

Best crossword clue

"Soil-breaking tool"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈhæɹəʊ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ahorrwStarts with HEnds with W2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. draw a harrow over (land)

Word origin

From Middle English harwe, harow, from Old English *hearwa (perhaps ultimately cognate with harvest), or from Old Norse harfr/herfi; compare Danish harve (“harrow”), Dutch hark (“rake”). Akin to Latin carpere. According to the OED, the verb senses are partly derived from the noun sense, partly from a by-form of the verb harry, itself from Old English hergian.

Used in a sentence

  • He sent for the carpenter, who was under contract to be with the threshing-machine, but it turned out that he was mending the harrows, which should have been mended the week before Lent.
  • “It may be fun for her,” I said with one of my bitter laughs, “but it isn't so diverting for the unfortunate toads beneath the harrow whom she plunges so ruthlessly in the soup.”
  • Part of your job would be to learn tractor ploughing and the use of planters, harrows, and cultivators.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Soil-breaking tool6 letters
02Farm soil tool6 letters

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