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Word: Widow
Speech Type: Noun
Old English widewe, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘be empty’; compare with Sanskrit vidh ‘be destitute’, Latin viduus ‘bereft, widowed’, and Greek ēitheos ‘unmarried man’
ˈwɪdəʊ
a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not married again.
Short Definition:woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not married again
a last word or short last line of a paragraph falling at the top of a page or column and considered undesirable.
Short Definition:last word or short last line of paragraph falling at top of page or column
a widowbird.
Short Definition:widowbird
Word: Widow
Speech Type: Verb
ˈwɪdəʊ
become a widow or widower; lose one's spouse through death
Short Definition:become widow or widower
Examples:- he was recently widowed
- she had to care for her widowed mother
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