arrow
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arrow/ˈarəʊ/
▶noun a weapon consisting of a stick with a sharp pointed head, designed to be shot from a bow.
■ a symbol resembling an arrow, used to show direction or position.
▶verb move swiftly and directly.– derivatives
arrowed adjective,
arrowy adjective.
arrowed adjective,
arrowy adjective.
– origin OE arewe, arwe, from ON.
'arrow' also found in these Oxford entries:
arrowhead
- arrowroot
- arrow worm
- arum
- barb
- blowpipe
- bolt
- bolt
- bowshot
- curare
- empennage
- feathering
- flèche
- fletch
- fletcher
- fletching
- flight
- longbow
- loophole
- nock
- parfleche
- pile
- quarrel
- quiver
- redan
- reed
- sagittal
- Sagittarius
- sagittate
- shaft
- shoot
- sorrel
- tannia
- vane
- wahoo
