Meaning

6 senses
  1. A person who has lost a spouse and hasn't remarried:

    A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.

    Witwe

    вдова́vdová, вдови́цаvdovíca

    вдова́vdová, удова́udová, вдови́цяvdovýcja

    a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

  2. (uncommon)Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).

  3. A person whose spouse is absent:

    (broadly, humorous, in compounds, informal, often, sarcastic)A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc.

    My aunt is a football widow in the fall and a basketball widow in the winter and early spring.

    соло́менная вдова́solómennaja vdová

  4. An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.

  5. A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.

    Hurenkind

    вися́чая строка́visjáčaja stroká

  6. Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).

    чёрная вдова́čórnaja vdová

Examples

105 sentences
  1. A woman whose husband is dead is called a widow.

    Жінка, в якої помер чоловік, зветься вдовою.

    ruЖенщину, у которой умер муж, называют вдовой.

    deEine Frau, deren Ehemann gestorben ist, nennt man Witwe.

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  2. Mary is a widow.

    Мері — вдова.

    ruМэри - вдова.

    deMaria ist verwitwet.

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  3. The widow was dressed in black.

    ruВдова была одета в черное.

    deDie Witwe war schwarz gekleidet.

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  4. Tom got married to a widow.

    ruТом женился на вдове.

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  5. He leaves a widow and a daughter.

    ruОн покидает вдову и дочь.

    deEr hinterlässt eine Witwe und eine Tochter.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
woman whose spouse has died:
Русский
By meaning 4
woman whose spouse has died:
woman whose husband is often away:
single line of type carried over to the next page:
spider of the genus Latrodectus:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
woman whose spouse has died:
single line of type carried over to the next page:
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