different between arrow vs archery
arrow
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English arow, arwe, from Old English earh, arewe, arwe, from Proto-Germanic *arhw?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?érk?o- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv, ørvur (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (ar?azna, “dart”), Latin arquus, arcus (“bow”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æ?.??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æ?.o?/, /????.o?/, /???.o?/
- (Southern American) IPA(key): /?æ?.?/
- Hyphenation: ar?row
- Rhymes: -ær??
Noun
arrow (plural arrows)
- A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
- A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. ?).
- (graph theory) A directed edge.
- (colloquial, darts) A dart.
- 2014, John Eaton, It's Gonna Rain All Night (page 182)
- The second arrow flew through the air in a drunken parabolic curve and nestled just below the previous dart. Twenty!
“Good arrows!” came from all around the room. Total silence came from the opposition corner.
- The second arrow flew through the air in a drunken parabolic curve and nestled just below the previous dart. Twenty!
- 2014, John Eaton, It's Gonna Rain All Night (page 182)
- (computing) The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
- (botany) The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.
Synonyms
- (projectile): streal
- (in graph theory): arc, directed edge
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
arrow (third-person singular simple present arrows, present participle arrowing, simple past and past participle arrowed)
- (intransitive) To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).
- (transitive) To let fly swiftly and directly.
- (intransitive, botany, of a sugar cane plant) To develop an inflorescence.
- (computing, intransitive) To navigate using the arrow keys.
- Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.
Etymology 2
Representing pronunciation.
Contraction
arrow
- (obsolete) Contraction of ever a (sometimes used with a redundant a or an).
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 153:
- though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 153:
Anagrams
- worra
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archery
English
Etymology
From Middle English archerie, from Old French archerie, from archier (“archer”). Equivalent to archer +? -ery.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ärch?r?, IPA(key): /??t???i?/, /??t???i?/
- Hyphenation: arch?er?y
Noun
archery (countable and uncountable, plural archeries)
- (uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
- (countable) A group of archers.
Related terms
- archer
- bowman
- bowmanship
- toxophilite
Translations
archery From the web:
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- what archery bow to buy
- what archery teaches you
- what archery target should i buy
- what archery perks skyrim
- what archery means
- what archery range
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