prow — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

The front part of a vessel.

The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves.

We were already rather close in; but I ordered the U-33's prow turned inshore and we crept slowly along, constantly dipping up the water and tasting it to assure ourselves that we didn't get outside the fresh-water current.

2

A vessel.

adj

1

Brave, valiant, gallant.

For they be two the prowest knights on ground, / And oft approu’d in many hard assay […]

noun

1

Alternative form of proa.

Collocations

4

ADJ.

o'er, over, round, secure, turned

VERB + PROW

beaked, building, ordered, swings, turns

PROW + NOUN

dangles, inshore, leftward

PREP.

with

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — front part of a vessel or aircraft

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves.

Wiktionary

02

We were already rather close in; but I ordered the U-33's prow turned inshore and we crept slowly along, constantly dipping up the water and tasting it to assure ourselves that we didn't get outside t

Wiktionary

03

For they be two the prowest knights on ground, / And oft approu’d in many hard assay […]

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04

The shattered oars start forth; / round swings the prow, and lets the waters sweep / the broadside. Onward comes a mountain heap / of billows, gaunt, abrupt.

Tatoeba · #6780109

05

He spake, 'twas done; and Palinurus first / turns the prow leftward: to the left we ply / with oars and sail, and shun the rocks accurst.

Tatoeba · #7336212

06

Triangular shapes jut from the building, and a prow dangles over a busy downtown street.

Tatoeba · #12115270

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, prow is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.