ARROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arrow mean? 

• ARROW (noun)
  The noun ARROW has 2 senses:

1. a mark to indicate a direction or relation

2. a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow

  Familiarity information: ARROW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mark to indicate a direction or relation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

arrow; pointer

Hypernyms ("arrow" is a kind of...):

mark (a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation))

Meronyms (parts of "arrow"):

shaft (a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer)

head; point (a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("arrow" is a kind of...):

missile; projectile (a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled)

Meronyms (parts of "arrow"):

arrowhead (the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow)

vane (a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrow"):

broad arrow (an arrow with a wide barbed head)

butt shaft (a blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice)

quarrel (an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges)

Holonyms ("arrow" is a part of...):

bow and arrow (a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them)

 Context examples 

The wounded deer dragging its fainting limbs to some untrodden brake, there to gaze upon the arrow which had pierced it, and to die, was but a type of me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Three hundred chosen knights came straight for it, and, indeed, they were very brave men, but such a drift of arrows met them that few came back.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So he shot his arrow at the fox; but he missed it, and it set up its tail above its back and ran into the wood.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

And Negore knew, should one arrow fly, or one spear be flung, that his death would come upon him.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Something sang like an arrow through the air; I felt a blow and then a sharp pang, and there I was pinned by the shoulder to the mast.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

It darted through her, with the speed of an arrow, that Mr. Knightley must marry no one but herself!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I walked very circumspectly, for fear of being surprised, or suddenly shot with an arrow from behind, or on either side.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Cupid will be working hard for you, so look your best—you will not expect to feel Cupid’s arrow, but when you do, you will feel an instant attraction.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It was horrible to see the fierce brutes with foaming mouths and glaring eyes, rushing and grasping, but forever missing their elusive enemies, while arrow after arrow buried itself in their hides.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They were no match at all, were it not for their arrows and spears and clubs.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)