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n. A woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried.

n. Informal A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport or hobby.

n. An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder. Also called kitty1.

n. Printing A single, usually short line of type, as one ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of the next page or column.

n. Printing A short line at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph.

v. To make a widow or widower of.

n. A woman whose husband has died (and has not re-married); feminine of widower.

n. A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.

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

n. A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.

n. type of venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus

v. To make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.

n. A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.

n. In various games (such as “hearts”), any extra hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table. It may be taken by one of the players under certain circumstances.

adj. Widowed.

v. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

v. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

v. To endow with a widow's right.

v. To become, or survive as, the widow of.

n. A woman who has lost her husband by death, In the early church, widows formed a separate class or order, whose duties were devotion and the care of the orphans, the sick, and prisoners.

n. A European geometrid moth, Cidaria luctuata, more fully called mourning widow: an English collectors' name.

n. In some cardgames, an additional hand dealt to the table, sometimes face up, sometimes not.

To reduce to the condition of a widow; bereave of a husband or mate: commonly in the past participle.

To endow with a widow's right.

Figuratively, to deprive of anything regarded as analogous to a husband; bereave: sometimes with of.

To survive as the widow of; be widow to.

n. A whidah-bird.

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

v. cause to be without a spouse

"Mr. Friendly came in, and the widow and he, were soon as delighted as Fanny could be; he asked the dear _widow_ to change her estate; -- she consented at once, and a kiss sealed her fate."

widowed    widowing    widows   

leave    leave behind   

widow's mantle    locality of a widow    widows' silk    widow's peak    widows' lawn    college widow    widow's ring    mournful widow    widow's weeds    hempen widow   

widowhood    widower   

widowed    bereave    relict    matron    jointress    jointuress    dowager    suttee   

wife    maiden    lady    cousin    servant    mistress    parent    bride    uncle    prince