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harrow
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As a noun, harrow means a device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds. As a verb, it means drag a harrow over.
Meanings of harrow
7 meaningsnoun
A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
militaryAn obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
A cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
verb
To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
To traumatize or disturb; to frighten or torment.
To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
interjection
obsoleteA call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).