arrow

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A thin, pointed stick that is shot from a bow.

   The archer aimed the arrow at the target.

2. 2
   noun

   A sign shaped like an arrow that shows a direction.

   Follow the arrows to find the exit.

3. 3
   verb

   To move swiftly and directly, like a flying arrow.

   The startled bird arrowed up into the sky.

Common collocations

• broad arrow Adjective + noun

From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (“arrow”) (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto-West Germanic *arhu (“arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *arhwō (“arrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv, ørvur (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna, “dart”), Asturian and Leonese arcu (“arrow”), Aragonese, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish arco (“arrow”), Catalan, French, and Romanian arc (“arrow”), Latin arcus (“bow”). Doublet of arch, arc, arco, and arcus.

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