widow
[ wid-oh ]
/ ˈwɪd oʊ /
noun
a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
Cards.
an additional hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table.
Printing.
- a short last line of a paragraph, especially one less than half of the full measure or one consisting of only a single word.
- the last line of a paragraph when it is carried over to the top of the following page away from the rest of the paragraph.Compare orphan(def 4).
a woman often left alone because her husband devotes his free time to a hobby or sport (used in combination).
Compare golf widow.
verb (used with object), wid·owed, wid·ow·ing.
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Origin of widow
before 900; (noun) Middle English
wid(e)we, Old English
widuwe, wydewe; cognate with German
Witwe, Gothic
widuwo, Latin
vidua (feminine of
viduus bereaved), Sanskrit
vidhavā widow; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM widow
wid·ow·ly, adjective un·wid·owed, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH widow
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widow's benefit,
widow's cruse,
widow's mite
Example sentences from the Web for widow
British Dictionary definitions for widow
widow
/ (ˈwɪdəʊ) /
noun
a woman who has survived her husband, esp one who has not remarried
(usually with a modifier) informal
a woman whose husband frequently leaves her alone while he indulges in a sport, etc
a golf widow
printing
a short line at the end of a paragraph, esp one that occurs as the top line of a page or column
Compare orphan (def. 3)
(in some card games) an additional hand or set of cards exposed on the table
verb (tr; usually passive)
to cause to become a widow or a widower
to deprive of something valued or desirable
Derived forms of widow
widowhood, nounWord Origin for widow
Old English
widuwe; related to German
Witwe, Latin
vidua (feminine of
viduus deprived), Sanskrit
vidhavā
Idioms and Phrases with widow
widow
see grass widow.