Word Meaning

widow definition and meaning

n. A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.
a. Widowed.
v. t. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
v. t. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.
v. t. To endow with a widow's right.
v. t. To become, or survive as, the widow of.

Crossword clues for widow

- Bereave
- Bereaved wife
- Bereaved woman