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harrow

noun
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  1. a piece of farming equipment that is pulled over land that has been ploughed to break up the earth before planting耙
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse herfi; obscurely related to Dutch hark ‘rake’.

harrow

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they harrow
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he / she / it harrows
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past simple harrowed
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past participle harrowed
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-ing form harrowing
🔊/ˈhærəʊɪŋ/
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  1. harrow something to use a harrow to break up the earth before planting 耙
  2. [usually passive] to make somebody feel very shocked, frightened or upset
    • (be) harrowed by something They remain harrowed by the eight weeks of bombing.炸弹袭击持续了八周，他们仍然为此感到痛苦。

Harrow

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(also Harrow School)
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  1. a well-known British public school for boys in north-west London, established in 1572. It is considered to be one of the major boys' schools in Britain and many important people were educated there, including Winston Churchill.