Meaning
8 senses(UK)A hill.
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
Meronym: dolmen
Grabhügel
курга́нkurgán, моги́льный холмmogílʹnyj xolm
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
(UK)A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
Karren, Karre
та́чкаtáčka
A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
A castrated boar.
Borg
боровborov
A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
(obsolete)A mountain.
Examples
3 sentencesThey say that heroes who once lived on our land are buried in these barrows.
ruГоворят, что в этих курганах похоронены богатыри, которые когда-то жили на нашей земле.
There are tall menhirs at Egil's barrow.
One of them bore a lantern, while the other wheeled before him a barrow, laden with crowbar, pickaxe, and spade.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow,From Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“hill, mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up, ascend; to be elevated, up high”). Doublet of berg and bergh.
From Middle English barowe, barwe, barewe, from Old English bearwe (“basket, handbarrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *barwā, *barwijā, from Proto-Germanic *barwǭ, *barwijǭ (“stretcher, bier”) (compare Low German Berwe, Old Norse barar (plural), Middle High German radebere (“wheelbarrow”)), from *beraną (“to bear”). More at bear.
From Middle English barow, bareȝ, bareh, from Old English bearg, bearh (“boar”), from Proto-West Germanic *barug, *barah, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz, *barahaz. Cognate with Old Frisian barch, Old Saxon barug, Old High German barug (German Borg), Old Norse bǫrgr.
From Middle English *berwe, *borwe, *bergh (attested in hamberwe and berwham (“horse-collar”)), from Middle English berwen (“to protect”), from Old English beorgan (“to protect”).
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Forms
plural: barrowsSynonyms
8 synonyms- a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels:garden cartlawn cartwheelbarrow
- the quantity that a barrow will hold:barrowful
- (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs:burial moundgrave moundtumulus