noun
arrow
A-roh
noun
1
A thin, pointed shaft shot from a bow.
"The archer nocked an arrow and took aim."
2
A symbol shaped like a shaft with a point, used to show direction.
"Follow the yellow arrows to the exit."
"She drew an arrow pointing to the mistake."
verb
1
To move quickly and directly toward something, like a shot arrow.
"The car arrowed down the empty motorway."
How to Use Arrow
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the pointed weapon shot from a bow, or a direction-pointing symbol shaped like one.
Common pairings
bow and arrow
arrow points to
straight as an arrow
Word Forms
arrowed past tense, arrows plural, arrows singular
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Etymology
From Old English earh, going back to a Proto-Germanic word for "arrow," related to Latin arcus ("bow") — a distant cousin of "arc."