n.

1. A woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried.
2. Informal. A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport or hobby.
3. An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder. Also called kitty.
4. Printing.
   1. A single, usually short line of type, as one ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of the next page or column.
   2. A short line at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph.

tr.v., -owed, -ow·ing, -ows.

To make a widow or widower of.

[Middle English widewe, from Old English widuwe.]

Word, part of a word, or short phrase of two or three words, that is the last line of a paragraph in a body text of editorial matter or that ends up on the top of a page. Publishers often consider a widow to be awkward and will change the spacing or edit the line or the preceding copy, so as to eliminate it.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A woman whose husband is dead.

Is it better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward? — Dolores Ibarruri

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - enke
v. tr. - gøre til enke

idioms:

• widow's peak    hårspids i panden
• widow's weeds    sørgedragt (enke)

Nederlands (Dutch)
weduwe, extra kaarten in kaartspel, weduwe gemaakt worden

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Imprim) veuve
v. tr. - devenir veuf/veuve

idioms:

• widow's peak    implantation des cheveux en V sur le front
• widow's weeds    vêtements de deuil

Deutsch (German)
n. - Witwe
v. - zur Witwe machen, berauben

idioms:

• widow's peak    in der Stirnmitte spitz zulaufender Haaransatz
• widow's weeds    Trauerkleidung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χήρα, (τυπογρ.) "ορφανή" λέξη γυρίσματος αράδας
v. - αφήνω χήρα, στερώ (κάποιον) από (κάτι)

idioms:

• widow's peak    κορυφή της χηρείας (τριγωνική απόληξη των μαλλιών στο μέτωπο)
• widow's weeds    πλερέζες ή πένθιμα ρούχα (χήρας)

Italiano (Italian)
vedova

idioms:

• widow's peak    stempiaturaa
• widow's weeds    abiti vedovili

Português (Portuguese)
n. - viúvo (m)
v. - enviuvar

idioms:

• widow's peak    ponto de cabelo em forma de V formado no meio da testa de uma pessoa
• widow's weeds    roupas de luto, de luto

Русский (Russian)
вдова, что-л. не имеющее пары, прикуп, виселица, делать вдовой, обездолить

idioms:

• widow's peak    волосы, растущие треугольным выступом на лбу
• widow's weeds    вдовий траур

Español (Spanish)
n. - viuda
v. tr. - dejar viuda

idioms:

• widow's peak    pico entre las entradas del pelo
• widow's weeds    ropa de luto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - änka
v. - göra till änka, beröva

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
寡妇, 孀妇, 使成寡妇

idioms:

• widow's peak    额前的V形发光, 旧时迷信要早寡
• widow's weeds    寡妇穿的黑色丧服

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 寡婦, 孀婦
v. tr. - 使成寡婦

idioms:

• widow's peak    額前的V形發光, 舊時迷信要早寡
• widow's weeds    寡婦穿的黑色喪服

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 미망인, (카드놀이) 돌리고 남은 패, 샴페인
v. tr. - 과부(홀아비)가 되게 하다, (소중한 것을) 빼앗다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 未亡人, …やもめ, はんぱもの

idioms:

• widow's weeds    寡婦の喪服

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الأرمله, الأيم, توزيعه إضافيه من أوراق اللعب (فعل) يرمل, يؤيم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אלמנה‬
v. tr. - ‮התאלמנ/ה‬

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widow	black widow alarm
black widow	hammer black widow