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har·row [ hárrō ]


noun  (plural har·rows)
Definition:
 
farm machine for breaking up soil: a piece of farm equipment with sharp teeth or disks that is used to break up soil and clods of dirt and to even up a plowed field



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle har·rowed, present participle har·row·ing, 3rd person present singular har·rows)
Definition:
 
break up land: to break up land by pulling a harrow over it, or be broken up with a harrow

[12th century. < Old Norse herfi]

har·row·er noun
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