Widowed


noun
1.
a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
2.
Cards. an additional hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table.
3.
Printing.

a short last line of a paragraph, especially one less than half of the full measure or one consisting of only a single word.
the last line of a paragraph when it is carried over to the top of the following page away from the rest of the paragraph.
Compare orphan (def 4).

4.
a woman often left alone because her husband devotes his free time to a hobby or sport (used in combination).
Compare golf widow.
verb (used with object), widowed, widowing.
5.
to make (someone) a widow:
She was widowed by the war.
6.
to deprive of anything cherished or needed:
A surprise attack widowed the army of its supplies.
7.
Obsolete.

to endow with a widow’s right.
to survive as the widow of.

noun
1.
a woman who has survived her husband, esp one who has not remarried
2.
(usually with a modifier) (informal) a woman whose husband frequently leaves her alone while he indulges in a sport, etc: a golf widow
3.
(printing) a short line at the end of a paragraph, esp one that occurs as the top line of a page or column Compare orphan (sense 3)
4.
(in some card games) an additional hand or set of cards exposed on the table
verb (transitive; usually passive)
5.
to cause to become a widow or a widower
6.
to deprive of something valued or desirable
wide place in the road
see: grass widow

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