arrow

A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

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• Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and

A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.→).

• Consider now the arrow with initial point A and terminal point B; this arrow we shall designate by #92;overrightarrow#123;AB#125;. If a#95;1,a#95;2,a#95;3, and b#95;1,b#95;2,b#95;3 are the coordinates of A and B, respectively, then #92;over

A directed edge.

A morphism.

A dart.colloquial

• The second arrow flew through the air in a drunken parabolic curve and nestled just below the previous dart. Twenty! “Good arrows!” came from all around the room. Total silence came from the opposition corner.

The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.

The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.

• When the bulb of the “blowing ball” is operated, a gentle spray, much like what happens in Nature when a sugar cane arrow is shaken by the wind or gently tapped, is given out at the free end of the capsule and can be directed to any portion

To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).intransitive

• Above his head, a startled bird arrows up, into the sun.

To let fly swiftly and directly.transitive

• Jermain Defoe dinked in an equaliser and Gareth Bale hit the crossbar for the hosts before Elliott Bennett arrowed in Norwich's winner.

To develop an inflorescence.intransitive

• The more vigorous and luxuriant the vegetation of a field of canes, the less will the tendency to flowering be shewn; whereas nearly all the canes will be found to arrow if the soil be poor and the vegetation meagre.
• It is easily grown and arrows freely. It appears to be of moderate merit only, but might be cautiously tried on a small scale.

To navigate using the arrow keys.intransitive

• Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.

To single out or nominate (someone) to be responsible for something, especially an undesirable task.SingaporeSinglishtransitive

• Just because I never come for meeting … my boss arrow me to do this job.

Contraction of ever + a, sometimes used with a redundant a or an.abbreviationalt-ofcontraction

• though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.