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Definitions for Harrow

[1] an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
[2] to draw a harrow over (land).
[3] to disturb keenly or painfully; distress the mind, feelings, etc., of.
[4] to become broken up by harrowing, as soil.
[5] to ravish; violate; despoil.
[6] harry(def 2) .
[7] (of Christ) to descend into (hell) to free the righteous held captive.
[8] a borough of Greater London, in SE England.
[9] a boarding school for boys, founded in 1571 at Harrow-on-the-Hill, an urban district near London, England.
[10] any of various implements used to level the ground, stir the soil, break up clods, destroy weeds, etc, in soil
[11] (tr) to draw a harrow over (land)
[12] (intr) (of soil) to become broken up through harrowing
[13] (tr) to distress; vex
[14] to plunder or ravish
[15] (of Christ) to descend into (hell) to rescue righteous souls
[16] a borough of NW Greater London; site of an English boys' public school founded in 1571 at Harrow-on-the-Hill, a part of this borough. Pop: 210 700 (2003 est). Area: 51 sq km (20 sq miles)

Words related to Harrow

devastate, spoil, maraud, demolish, fleece, desolate, rob, pillage, ruin, strip, ravage, despoil, plunder, rifle, devour, ransack, havoc, gut, destroy, loot

Words nearby Harrow

harrison red, harrison's groove, harrisonburg, harrogate, harrovian, harrow, harrowing, harrumph, harry, harry potter, harsh

Origin of Harrow

2before 1000; Middle English harwen, herwen, Old English hergian to harry

Other words from Harrow

har·row·er , noun
har·row·ment , noun

Word origin for Harrow

C13: variant of Old English hergian to harry

Synonyms for Harrow

devastate, spoil, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devour, fleece, gut, havoc, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, rifle, rob, ruin, strip, waste, depredate, lay waste, spoliate