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Definition: FARROWED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Farfow.[Websters]
2. To be outreached or scoped. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have littered, brooded, hatched or foaled. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have whelped or pupped. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To be sized. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have produced or spawned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To be legged. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To be calved or cubed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To be lambed.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb farrow.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(farrow)
1. Give birth; "sows farrow".[Wordnet].
2. Base verb from the following inflections: farrowing, farrowed, farrows, farrower, farrowers, farrowingly and farrowedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Farrowed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Definition: FARROWED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Of Farfow.[Websters]
2. To be outreached or scoped. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have littered, brooded, hatched or foaled. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have whelped or pupped. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To be sized. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have produced or spawned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To be legged. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To be calved or cubed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To be lambed.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense1. Past tense conjugation of the verb farrow.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(farrow)
1. Give birth; "sows farrow".[Wordnet].
2. Base verb from the following inflections: farrowing, farrowed, farrows, farrower, farrowers, farrowingly and farrowedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FARROWED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Specialty Definition: farrow

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster1: [Noun] A litter of pigs..
 2: [Verb] To bring forth pigs..
 3: [Adjective] Not producing young in a particular season or year; applied to cows only. If a cow has had a calf, but fails in a subsequent year, she is said to be farrow, or to go farrow. Such a cow may give milk through the year.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
EconomicsA litter of pigs or to give birth to a litter of pigs. (references)
Wiktionary1: [Noun] A litter of pigs. (references)
 2: [Verb] To give birth to a litter of pigs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: farrow

ExpressionsDefinition
Farrow weedA weed which grows on plowed land. --Shak. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
John FarrowJohn Farrow was a film director and screenwriter, born John N.B. Villiers-Farrow on February 10, 1904 in Sydney, Australia. (references)
Margaret FarrowMargaret Farrow is a former state senator and former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. She was born and raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and attended Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois for one year before receiving her B.A. from Marquette University. (references)
Mia FarrowMia Farrow (born on February 9, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an Irish-American actress. Farrow was christened Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow but has always been known as Mia. She is the daughter of the late Australian-born director John Farrow and his wife, the late Irish-born actress Maureen O'Sullivan. (references)
Prudence FarrowPrudence Farrow (born 1948) is the sister of actress Mia Farrow and daughter of the late John Farrow and Maureen O'Sullivan. (references)
Seamus FarrowSatchel Ronan Seamus Farrow was born on December 19, 1987, son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: farrow

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Mia Farrow29   Amariah Farrow3
Ronan Seamus Farrow16   Brad Farrow4
John Farrow16   David Farrow Maxwell4
Kenneth Farrow12   Ernie Farrow3
Farrow Parkway9   Farrow2
Margaret Farrow7   Farrow & Ball3
George Farrow7   Farrow Parkway9
Tisa Farrow5   George Farrow7
John Farrow (baseball)4   Jake Farrow3
Brad Farrow4   James Farrow3
David Farrow Maxwell4   Jane Farrow4
Jane Farrow4   John Farrow16
Thomas Farrow4   John Farrow (alternative meanings)2
William Henry Farrow4   John Farrow (baseball)4
Jake Farrow3   Kenneth Farrow12
Samuel Farrow3   Margaret Farrow7
Farrow & Ball3   Mark Farrow2
Ernie Farrow3   Mia Farrow29
James Farrow3   Prudence Farrow3
Prudence Farrow3   Ronan Seamus Farrow16
Stephanie Farrow3   Samuel Farrow3
Amariah Farrow3   Stephanie Farrow3
Farrow2   Thomas Farrow4
Mark Farrow2   Tisa Farrow5
John Farrow (alternative meanings)2   William Henry Farrow4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).