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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. front part of a vessel or aircraft;
- Example: "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
[syn: bow, fore, prow, stem]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prow \Prow\, n. [F. proue (cf. Sp. & Pg. proa, It. prua), L. prora, Gr. ?, akin to ? before. See Pro-, and cf. Prore.] The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rode tilting o'er the waves. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prow \Prow\, n. See Proa. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prow \Prow\, a. [Compar. Prower; superl. Prowest.] [OF. prou, preu, F. preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be useful. See Pro-, and cf. Prude.] Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] The prowest knight that ever field did fight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prow \Prow\, n. [OE. & OF. prou. See Prow, a.] Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That shall be for your hele and for your prow. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prow n 1: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore, prow, stem]