ARROW


Meaning of ARROW in English

noun

1 weapon

ADJECTIVE

▪ poison , poisoned

… OF ARROWS

▪ hail , volley

A hail of ~s descended from the tower.

VERB + ARROW

▪ fire , release , shoot

▪ draw

He drew two ~s and placed them in the bow.

▪ fit , string

She strung an ~ to her bow.

▪ aim

He aimed an ~ at the target.

ARROW + VERB

▪ fly , shoot , whizz

An ~ whizzed past his head.

▪ hit sb/sth , pierce sb/sth , strike sb/sth

The ~ hit its target.

▪ land

▪ rain , rain down

▪ miss (sb/sth)

She aimed carefully at the tree but the ~ missed.

ARROW + NOUN

▪ head (usually arrowhead ) , point , tip

▪ shaft

▪ slit

the ~ slits in the castle's battlements

▪ wound

PHRASES

▪ a bow and ~

The people used bows and ~s for hunting.

2 symbol

ADJECTIVE

▪ left , right

▪ down , up

The down ~ indicates rain.

▪ horizontal , vertical

▪ broken , curved , dashed , shaded , solid

The old road is shown on the map by broken ~s.

VERB + ARROW

▪ follow

Follow the red ~s to get to the camp reception.

ARROW + VERB

▪ denote sth , indicate sth , mark sth , point , represent sth , show sth

You will see an ~ pointing to the left.

ARROW + NOUN

▪ key

You can scroll through the text using the up and down ~ keys.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .