English Dictionary

arrow

/ˈæɹ.əʊ/

noun

A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow. / A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →). / (graph theory) A directed edge.

He shot an arrow into the air.

意味（1）

A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.

意味（2）

A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →).

意味（3）

(graph theory) A directed edge.

意味（4）

(colloquial, darts) A dart.

The second arrow flew through the air in a drunken parabolic curve and nestled just below the previous dart. Twenty!

The second arrow flew through the air in a drunken parabolic curve and nestled just below the previous dart. Twenty! “Good arrows!” came from all around the room. Total silence came from the opposition corner.

意味（5）

(computing) The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.

意味（6）

(botany) The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.

When the bulb of the “blowing ball” is operated, a gentle spray, much like what happens in Nature when a sugar cane arrow is shaken by the wind or gently tapped, is given out at the free end of the capsule and can be directed to any portion of the arrow as desired.