Definition of widow Widow
/wɪˈdow/ - [widow] - wid•ow
We found 19 definitions of widow from 7 different sources.
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What does widow mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: widows |
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| widow - a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried | ||
| widow woman | ||
| adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" | ||
| dowager a widow holding property received from her deceased husband | ||
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| widow - cause to be without a spouse; "The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia" | ||
| leave behind, leave depart and not take along; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- widow (Noun)
A woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried; feminine of widower. - widow (Noun)
A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc. - widow (Noun)
An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games , to be used by the highest bidder. - widow (Noun)
A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column. - widow (Noun)
A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus. - widow (Verb)
To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- widow (n.)
A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband. - widow (a.)
Widowed. - widow (v. t.)
To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle. - widow (v. t.)
To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave. - widow (v. t.)
To endow with a widow's right. - widow (v. t.)
To become, or survive as, the widow of.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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widow
A woman whose spouse has died. -
widow
To make a widow or a widower of.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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widow
The wife of a golfer during the open season, unless she golfs, too. In that event the children are golf orphans.
Wikipedia 
- A widow is a woman whose spouse has died. A widower is a man whose spouse has died.
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