Synonyms for harrow


Grammar : Verb
Spell : har-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhær oʊ

Top 10 synonyms for harrow Other synonyms for the word harrow

Définition of harrow

Origin :
  • agricultural implement, heavy wooden rake, c.1300, haru, from Old English *hearwa, apparently related to Old Norse harfr "harrow," and perhaps connected with Old English hærfest "harvest" (see harvest). Or possibly from hergian (see harry).
  • verb sack
Example sentences :
  • Aylward, Johnston, let your men form a harrow on either side of the ridge.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • A harrow and a plough live there; they're sure to be at home on a day like this.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Keeper of the field, and played against Harrow the same year.
  • Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
  • Note 18: Mr. Robinson was educated at Harrow, and was a contemporary of Mr. Sheridan.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • Irpex, a harrow, so called from a fancied resemblance of its teeth to the teeth of a harrow.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • He was educated at Harrow and afterwards at Trinity College.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
  • They harrow the refined feelings of the faithful missionary.
  • Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles
  • To handle the plough, and the harrow, and scythe, in the heat of the summer fields.
  • Extract from : « Alcyone » by Archibald Lampman
  • But he told her at once that he was not going back to Harrow.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • The harrow, the cultivator, and the plow should be kept busy.
  • Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett

Antonyms for harrow

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