widow
To make a widow or widower of someoneTo make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.
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» We take care of widows and orphans.
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3 languagesExamples
30 sentencesWe take care of widows and orphans.
Rima was a recently widowed woman.
Thousands of women were widowed by the war.
ruТысячи женщин овдовели во время войны. — sharptoothed
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.
(figuratively, transitive)To strip of anything valued.
(obsolete, transitive)To endow with a widow's right.
(obsolete, transitive)To be widow to.
- cause to be without a spouse
Forms
widows, widowing, widowed, widowedTenses
widow · widowed · will widow · have widowedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.