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SYLLABICATION:ar·row
PRONUNCIATION:  r
NOUN:1. A missile having a straight thin shaft with a pointed head at one end and often flight-stabilizing vanes at the other, meant to be shot from a bow. 2. Something, such as a directional symbol, that is similar to an arrow in form or function.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: arrowed, arrow·ing, arrows
To move like an arrow.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English arwe, from Old English.
 
 
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