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In some senses, prow is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
prow
/pɹaʊ/
noun 3adj 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
o'er, over, round, secure, turned
VERB + PROW
beaked, building, ordered, swings, turns
PROW + NOUN
dangles, inshore, leftward
PREP.
with
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.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves.
Wiktionary02
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
Wiktionary03
For they be two the prowest knights on ground, / And oft approu’d in many hard assay […]
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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 · #678010905
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 · #733621206
Triangular shapes jut from the building, and a prow dangles over a busy downtown street.
Tatoeba · #12115270Usage Notes
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