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widow
[wid-oh]
noun
a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
Cards.an additional hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table.
Printing.
a short last line of a paragraph, especially one less than half of the full measure or one consisting of only a single word.
the last line of a paragraph when it is carried over to the top of the following page away from the rest of the paragraph.
a woman often left alone because her husband devotes his free time to a hobby or sport (used in combination).
verb (used with object)
to make (someone) a widow.
She was widowed by the war.
to deprive of anything cherished or needed.
A surprise attack widowed the army of its supplies.
Obsolete.
to endow with a widow's right.
to survive as the widow of.
widow
/ ˈɪəʊ /
noun
a woman who has survived her husband, esp one who has not remarried
informal(usually with a modifier) a woman whose husband frequently leaves her alone while he indulges in a sport, etc
a golf widow
printing a short line at the end of a paragraph, esp one that occurs as the top line of a page or column Compare orphan
(in some card games) an additional hand or set of cards exposed on the table
verb
to cause to become a widow or a widower
to deprive of something valued or desirable
Other 51Թ Forms
- widowly adjective
- ˈɾǷɳǴǻ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of widow1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of widow1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Set in the idyllic island of Naxos, Greece, Pochoda refashions Euripides’ “The Bacchae” to weave a hypnotic tale of recently widowed Lena, breaking free from the strictures imposed by the men in her life.
His widow, Kate Craig, who also worked at Jonathan Cape, said the publication of Boy was "on a very tight publication schedule".
Verrelli has studied the spread of black widow spiders, an increasing medical health concern in cities along the West Coast.
"I wasn't treated even remotely near a vulnerable human being. I was quite vulnerable because there I was, on my own, newly widowed."
“Frank, if you kill me you make your sister a widow,” one striker informed her brother-in-law in the Guard.
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