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| ar·row [ árrō ] |
noun (plural ar·rows) |
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1. missile shot from bow: a long thin missile pointed at one end and usually with feathers at the other, fired from a bow
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2. direction sign: a direction sign consisting of a horizontal stroke finishing in the middle of a V shape
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3. Caribbean flower on stalk: a sugar cane flower and its stalk
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verb (past and past participle ar·rowed, present participle ar·row·ing, 3rd person present singular ar·rows) |
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1. transitive verb Malaysia select somebody: to choose somebody to do something unpleasant
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informal
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  The teacher arrowed me because I was dreaming in class.
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2. intransitive verb Caribbean produce blooms: to come into flower
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refers to sugar cane
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| [ Old English arwe< Old Norse örv-< Indo-European] |
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| ar·row·y adjective |
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