prow
prow is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself. Wordsworth. The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rode tilting o'er the waves. Milton.
- 2.See Proa.
- 3.Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] Tennyson. The prowest knight that ever field did fight. Spenser.
- 4.Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.] That shall be for your hele and for your prow. Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- advance
- advanced
- age
- ahead
- and
- anterior
- anteriority
- babyhood
- beak
- beardless
- before
- bend
- bloom
- bow
- boyhood
- brow
- budding
- callow
- childhood
- coin
- come
- confront
- countenance
- cradle
- disc
- disk
- divine
- est
- facade
- face
- facia
- first
- flower
- fore
- foreground
- forehead
- foremost
- forepart
- forwards
- frons
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is prow.
- What is the fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself. Wordsworth. The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rode tilting o'er the waves. Milton called?
- What is valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] Tennyson. The prowest knight that ever field did fight. Spenser called?
- What is benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.] That shall be for your hele and for your prow. Chaucer called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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