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== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæɹəʊ/, [ˈæɹəʊ̯] (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈaɹəw/, [ˈaɹəʊ̯] (General American) (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈæɹoʊ/, [ˈæɹoʊ̯] (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹoʊ̯/, [ˈɛɹoʊ̯] (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæɹəʉ/, [ˈæɹəʉ̯] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹɐʉ/, [ˈɛɹɐʉ̯] (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈaɾo/, [ˈaɾo] (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /ˈaɾou/, [ˈaɾɔu̯] ~ [ˈaɾou̯] (Estuary English, Southern US, Mid-Atlantic US) IPA(key): /ˈæɹə/, [ˈæɹə] Rhymes: -æɹəʊ Hyphenation: ar‧row === Etymology 1 === From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (“arrow”) (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto-West Germanic *arhu (“arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *arhwō (“arrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv, ørvur (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna, “dart”), Asturian and Leonese arcu (“arrow”), Aragonese, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish arco (“arrow”), Catalan, French, and Romanian arc (“arrow”), Latin arcus (“bow”). Doublet of arch, arc, arco, and arcus. ==== 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. (category theory) A morphism. (colloquial, darts) A dart. (programming) 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 ===== Translations ===== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== ==== 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. (Singapore, Singlish, transitive, originally military slang) To single out or nominate (someone) to be responsible for something, especially an undesirable task. === Etymology 2 === Representing pronunciation. ==== Contraction ==== arrow (obsolete) Contraction of ever +‎ a, sometimes used with a redundant a or an. === Anagrams === worra