Prow
//pɹoʊ// adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The front part of a vessel.
"The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves."
- 2 Alternative form of proa. alt-of, alternative
- 3 front part of a vessel or aircraft wordnet
- 4 A vessel.
Adjective
- 1 Brave, valiant, gallant. archaic
"For they be two the prowest knights on ground, / And oft approu’d in many hard assay […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The shattered oars start forth; / round swings the prow, and lets the waters sweep / the broadside. Onward comes a mountain heap / of billows, gaunt, abrupt."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle French proue, proe, from Ligurian prua, proa, from Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prōîra).
Etymology 2
From Middle English prow, from Old French prou, from Late Latin prode; more at proud.
Etymology 3
Variant of Prue.
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