ALL meanings of widow
wid·ow
W w - noun widow surviving wife 1
- noun widow in typography 1
- noun widow a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried. 1
- noun widow Cards. an additional hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table. 1
- noun widow Printing. a short last line of a paragraph, especially one less than half of the full measure or one consisting of only a single word. the last line of a paragraph when it is carried over to the top of the following page away from the rest of the paragraph. Compare orphan (def 4). 1
- noun widow a woman often left alone because her husband devotes his free time to a hobby or sport (used in combination). Compare golf widow. 1
- verb with object widow to make (someone) a widow: She was widowed by the war. 1
- verb with object widow to deprive of anything cherished or needed: A surprise attack widowed the army of its supplies. 1
- verb with object widow Obsolete. to endow with a widow's right. to survive as the widow of. 1
- noun widow Make into a widow or widower. 1
- countable noun widow A widow is a woman whose spouse has died and who has not married again. 0
- noun widow a woman who has survived her spouse, esp one who has not remarried 0
- noun widow a woman whose spouse is often away from home indulging in a sport, etc 0
- noun widow a short line at the end of a paragraph, esp one that occurs as the top line of a page or column 0
- noun widow (in some card games) an additional hand or set of cards exposed on the table 0
- verb widow to cause to become a widow or a widower 0
- verb widow to deprive of something valued or desirable 0
- noun widow a woman who has outlived the man to whom she was married at the time of his death; esp., such a woman who has not remarried 0
- noun widow a number of cards dealt into a separate pile, typically for the use of the highest bidder 0
- noun widow an incomplete line, as that ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of a new page or column: generally avoided by rewriting copy to eliminate the line or fill it out 0
- noun widow a woman whose husband is often away indulging in a specified hobby, sport, etc. 0
- verb transitive widow to cause to become a widow or widower 0
- noun widow A widow is a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again. 0