widow
part of speech
noun (a widow, widows); verb (be widowed)
meaning for a pupil
1) A widow is a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again. tree →
2) In printing, a widow is a single short line left alone at the top of a page or column. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories, history and the Bible, widows are often poor or brave characters. In everyday life, people show kindness to widows and widowers. A man whose wife has died is a widower. A black widow is a kind of spider found in North America and Australia (redback is a relative), whose bite is dangerous. Phrases: «black widow», «was widowed».
examples
- After her husband died, she became a widow. tree →
- The widow lived alone in a little cottage. tree →
- Grandad is a widower, because Grandma died. tree →
- She was widowed when she was young. tree →
- In the story, the kind widow took in the orphan. tree →
- The black widow spider has a red mark on its body. tree →
- We visit the widow next door and help with her shopping. tree →
- The widow wore black at the funeral. tree →
- "I don't mind!" says the widow. tree →
note
Countable: a widow, widows. The word for a man is «widower». «Widowed» is used for both: «She was widowed», «He was widowed». Do not confuse with «window». Safety: black widow and redback spiders can bite; never touch them.
In the corpora
- A widow is a woman whose husband has died, and a widower is a man whose wife has died.
- The Bible tells Christians to «look after orphans and widows», and many faiths run charities for children without parents.
- (22-21) Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
- He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
- Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «widow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.