Definition of trow Trow

/tɹowˈ/ - [trow] - trow

We found 10 definitions of trow from 5 different sources.

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What does trow mean?

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • trow (n.)
    A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish.
  • trow (v. i. & t.)
    To believe; to trust; to think or suppose.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • trow
    trō, v.i. to hold as true: (B.) to trust: to believe: to think. [A.S. treów-ian, to trust; cf. Ice. trúa, Ger. trauen.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

  • trow
    A clinker-built, flat-floored barge used on the Severn, &c. Also, a sort of double boat with an interval between, and closed at the ends; it is used on the Tyne for salmon-fishing, the fisherman standing across the opening, leister in hand, ready to strike the quarry which passes.

Part of speech

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  • trow, verb, present, 1st person singular of trow (infinitive).
  • trow, verb (infinitive).

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