Definitions for arrow

• Definition
• Anagrams (26)

arrow ar·row

Spelling: [ar-oh]

IPA: /ˈær oʊ/

Arrow is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in arrow (aorrw).

Definitions for arrow

noun

1. a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.
2. anything resembling an arrow in form, function, or character.
3. a linear figure having a wedge-shaped end, as one used on a map or architectural drawing, to indicate direction or placement.
4. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Sagitta.
5. broad arrow.
6. Kenneth Joseph, born 1921, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1972.

verb (used with object)

1. to indicate the proper position of (an insertion) by means of an arrow (often followed by in):

Origin of arrow

before 900; Middle English arewe, arwe, Old English earh; cognate with Old Norse ǫr (plural ǫrvar), Gothic arhwazna; Germanic *arhwō (feminine), akin to Latin arcus (genitive arcūs) bow,

Examples for arrow

Sometimes,” he is fond of telling the press, “the target draws the arrow.

They fit into one another like the arrow point to the shaft.

The Diné, whirling on his heel, met the arrow with his throat, and pitched choking.

It was there, when all seemed finished, that I saw the arrow play and heard the question.

“When you fired your arrow at the force field, you electrified a nation,” President Coin (Julianne Moore) tells her.

And an arrow painted on the ground that shows the way to Mecca, for prayers.

An arrow appears indicating the direction you will launch your ball.

He took a long string from his pouch and fastened one end to an arrow.

In Domesday it is spelt 'Flaneburg,' and flane is the Norse for an arrow or sword.

The brand logo turned out to feature a graceful archer on horseback, in a Tatar national costume, poised to shoot his arrow.