arrow

Speech parts

1. arrow - Noun

2. arrow - Verb

3. Arrow - Proper noun

Meaning

A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pointer arrowhead bolt dart missile shaft bullet indicator projectile cursor reed mercury greyhound quicksilver lance
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Antonyms

dally diddle dawdle delay drag blunt
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Hypernyms

mark missile projectile

Hyponyms

quarrel broad arrow butt shaft

Phrases with the word

straight arrow as straight as an arrow arrow reed arrow bracket as swift as an arrow arrow poison

Examples

A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther. Sri Aurobindo

The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction. Aesop

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill. Helen Keller

The arrow that has left the bow never returns. Persian Proverb

The eagle was killed by an arrow made from its own feathers. Armenian Proverb

Do not throw the arrow which will return against you. Kurdish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

arrotolata Arrouet arrove arrow arum arrow bag arrow bamboo