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N ลูกธนู ลูกศร เกาทัณ ฑ์ luk-tha-nu

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N ลูกศร ลูกศร ชี้ ทิศทาง สัญลักษณ์ รูป ลูกศร luk-son

arrowhead

N หัวลูกศร hua-luk-son

arrowheaded

A คล้าย ลูกศร klai-look-sorn

arrowroot

N ต้น สาม สิบ ton-sarm-sib

arrowwood

N พืช จำพวก หนึ่ง ที่ ชาวอินเดีย แดง ใช้ ทำ ลูกศร pued-cham-puag-nueng-ti-chao-in-dia-daeng-chai-tam-look-sorn

arrowy

A เร็ว เหมือน ลูกศร reo-muean-look-sorn

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARROW

n. 1. A missive weapon of offense, straight, slender, pointed and barbed, to be shot with a bow.
2. In scripture, the arrows of God are the apprehensions of his wrath, which pierce and pain the conscience. Job 6:4; Psalm 38:2. In a like figurative manner, arrows represent the judgments of God, as thunder, lightning, tempests and famine. 2 Samuel 22:15; Ezekiel 5:16; Habakkuk 3:11. The word is used also for slanderous words and malicious purposes of evil men. Psalm 11:2; Proverbs 25:18; Jeremiah 9:8; Psalm 64:3.

ARROW-GRASS

n.A plant or genus of plants; the Triglochin.

ARROW-HEAD

n. 1. The head of an arrow.
2. Sagittaria; a genus of aquatic plants, so called from the resemblance of the leaves to the point of an arrow.

ARROW-ROOT

n. 1. The Maranta; a genus of plants, natives of the Indies. The Indians are said to employ the roots of the arundinacea, in extracting the virus of poisoned arrows; whence the name. There are several species. From the root of the arundinacea, or starch-plant, is obtained the arrow-root of the shops.
2. The starch of the maranta, or arrow-root, a nutritive medicinal food.

ARROWY

a. 1. Consisting of arrows.
2. Formed like an arrow.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARROW

Ar "row, n. Etym: [OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. ör,örvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh. L. arcus bow. Cf. Arc. ]

Defn: A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. Broad arrow. (a ) An arrow with a broad head. (b ) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead.

ARROW GRASS

ARROW GRASS Ar "row grass `, n. (Bot. )

Defn: An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species ) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.

ARROWHEAD

ARROWHEAD Ar "row *head `, n.

1. The head of an arrow.

2. (Bot. )

Defn: An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.

ARROWHEADED

ARROWHEADED Ar "row *head `ed, a.

Defn: Shaped like the head of an arow; cuneiform. Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and Euphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among the ruins of Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform.

ARROWROOT

ARROWROOT Ar "row *root `, n.

1. (Bot. )

Defn: A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.

2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.

ARROWWOOD

ARROWWOOD Ar "row *wood `, n.

Defn: A shrub (Viburnum dentatum ) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.

ARROWWORM

ARROWWORM Ar "row *worm `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta.

ARROWY

ARROWY Ar "row *y, a.

1. Consisting of arrows. How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot Sharp sleet of arrowy showers. Milton.

2. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing. "His arrowy tongue. " Cowper. By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone. Byron. With arrowy vitalities, vivacities, and ingenuities. Carlyle.

New American Oxford Dictionary

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ar row |ˈarō ˈɛroʊ | ▶noun a shaft sharpened at the front and with feathers or vanes at the back, shot from a bow as a weapon or for sport: his ability to launch an arrow accurately. • a mark or sign resembling an arrow, used to show direction or position; a pointer: we drove in the main gate and followed a series of arrows | [ as modifier ] : you can use the up and down arrow keys. PHRASES arrow of time (or time's arrow ) the direction of travel from past to future in time considered as a physical dimension. straight as an arrow perfectly straight, with no deviation. DERIVATIVES ar row y adjective ORIGIN Old English arewe, arwe, from Old Norse.

Arrow, Kenneth Joseph

Ar row, Kenneth Joseph |ˈarō ˈɛroʊ | (1921 –), US economist, noted chiefly for his work on general economic equilibrium and social choice. His Social Choices and Individual Values (1951 ) argued the impossibility of aggregating the preferences of individuals into a single combined order of priorities for society as a whole. Nobel Prize for Economics (1972 ), shared with John R. Hicks.

arrowgrass

arrow |grass ▶noun [ mass noun ] a grass-like marsh plant with a slender spike of tiny flowers. ●Genus Triglochin, family Juncaginaceae.

arrowhead

ar row head |ˈarōˌhed ˈɛroʊˌhɛd | ▶noun 1 the pointed end of an arrow, typically wedge-shaped. • a decorative device resembling an arrowhead. 2 an aquatic or semiaquatic plant with arrow-shaped leaves and three-petaled white flowers. [Genus Sagittaria, family Alismataceae: several species, in particular the common broad-leaved arrowhead S. latifolia. ]

arrowroot

ar row root |ˈarōˌro͞ot, -ˌro͝ot ˈɛroʊˌrut | ▶noun a West Indian herbaceous plant from which a starch is prepared. [Maranta arundinacea, family Marantaceae. ] • the fine-grained starch obtained from this plant, used in cooking and medicine. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: alteration of Arawak aru-aru (literally ‘meal of meals ’) by association with arrow and root 1, the tubers being used to absorb poison from arrow wounds.

arrow slit

ar row slit ▶noun (esp. in a medieval fortified building ) a narrow vertical slit in a wall for shooting or looking through, or to admit light and air.

arrow-straight

ar row-straight ▶adjective & adverb completely straight: [ as adj. ] : the roads are empty and arrow-straight | [ as adv. ] : an index leads the reader arrow-straight to documents of interest.

arrow worm

ar row worm ▶noun a slender transparent wormlike animal with fins, having spines on the head for grasping prey. It is common in marine plankton. Also called chaetognath (see Chaetognatha ). [Phylum Chaetognatha. ]

Oxford Dictionary

arrow

arrow |ˈarəʊ | ▶noun a weapon consisting of a thin, straight stick with a sharp point, designed to be shot from a bow. • a mark or sign resembling an arrow, used to show direction or position: we followed a series of arrows. ▶verb [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] move or appear to move swiftly and directly: lights arrowed down into the airport. PHRASES arrow of time (or time's arrow ) the direction of travel from past to future in time considered as a physical dimension. DERIVATIVES arrowed adjective, arrowy adjective ORIGIN Old English arewe, arwe, from Old Norse.

Arrow, Kenneth Joseph

Arrow |ˈarəʊ | (b.1921 ), American economist, noted chiefly for his work on general economic equilibrium and social choice. Nobel Prize for Economics (1972 ).

arrowgrass

arrow |grass ▶noun [ mass noun ] a grass-like marsh plant with a slender spike of tiny flowers. ●Genus Triglochin, family Juncaginaceae.

arrowhead

arrow |head |ˈarəʊhɛd | ▶noun 1 the pointed end of an arrow. 2 Geometry a quadrilateral in which one internal angle is more than 180 °. 3 a Eurasian water plant with arrow-shaped leaves above the water surface. ●Genus Sagittaria, family Alismataceae: several species.

arrowroot

arrow |root |ˈarə (ʊ )ruːt | ▶noun a herbaceous Caribbean plant from which a starch is prepared. ●Maranta arundinacea, family Marantaceae. • [ mass noun ] the fine-grained starch obtained from arrowroot, used in cookery and medicine. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: alteration of Arawak aru-aru (literally ‘meal of meals ’) by association with arrow and root 1, the tubers being used to absorb poison from arrow wounds.

arrow slit

arrow slit ▶noun (especially in a medieval fortified building ) a narrow vertical slit in a wall for shooting or looking through or to admit light and air.

arrow-straight

arrow-straight ▶adjective & adverb completely straight: [ as adj. ] : the roads are empty and arrow-straight | [ as adv. ] : an index leads you arrow-straight to documents of interest.

arrow worm

arrow worm ▶noun a slender transparent worm-like animal with fins, having spines on the head for grasping prey. It is common in marine plankton. Also called chaetognath. ●Phylum Chaetognatha.

American Oxford Thesaurus

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arrow noun 1 a bow and arrow: shaft, bolt, dart; historical quarrel. 2 the arrow pointed right: pointer, indicator, marker, needle. WORD LINKS fletcher (in the past ) a maker of arrows Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

Oxford Thesaurus

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arrow noun 1 he could shoot a bow and arrow: shaft, bolt, dart; literary reed; historical quarrel. 2 the arrow on the sign pointed to the right: pointer, indicator, marker, needle, hand, index. WORD LINKS arrow fletcher maker or seller of arrows Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

Duden Dictionary

Arrowroot

Ar row root Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈɛroruːt |englisch ; »Pfeilwurzel «1 Pfeilwurz 2 Stärkemehl aus Wurzeln und Knollen bestimmter tropischer Pflanzen z. B. Pfeilwurz, Batate

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

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ar row /ǽroʊ / (! 強勢は第1音節 ) 〖語源は「弓に付随するもの」〗名詞複～s /-z /C 1 矢 ; 矢に似たもの (→bow 1 )▸ hunt with bows and arrows 弓矢で狩りをする ▸ fire [shoot ] arrows at A Aに矢を射る ▸ a poisoned arrow 毒矢 ▸ the arrow of time 時間の矢〘過去から未来への時の流れ〙.2 (方向を示す )矢印〘→〙▸ follow the arrows 矢印に従って進む ▸ an arrow pointing right [downward ]右 [下 ]向きの矢印 (as ) str à ight as an á rrow (矢のように )まっすぐな [に ]; 〈人が〉品行方正な ; 堅物な .動詞他動詞〈場所〉を矢印で示す .自動詞矢のように動く [進む ].～́ k è y 〘コンピュ〙カーソル移動キー, 矢印キー .

arrowhead

á rrow h è ad 名詞 C 1 矢じり (状の物 ).2 〘植〙クワイ .

arrowroot

á rrow r ò ot 名詞 1 U くず粉 .2 C 〘植〙クズウコン〘熱帯アメリカ原産〙.