What's the difference between barrow and harrow?

Barrow


Definition:

  • (n.) A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.
  • (n.) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.
  • (n.) A hog, esp. a male hog castrated.
  • (n.) A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.
  • (n.) A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By a comparison with the published infrared spectra of the water in model systems [Mohr, S.C., Wilk, W.D., & Barrow, G.M.
  • (2) Halifa Sallah, the spokesman for Barrow’s coalition, said he expected Jammeh to change his defiant position when he saw that the military were no longer with him, which he thought would happen imminently.
  • (3) The other was David York, branch secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and an organiser of the anti-academy protest in Barrow-in-Furness.
  • (4) Barrows were fed two sources of phosphorus with increasing levels of sodium.
  • (5) 3, barrows fitted with an ileal T-cannula were used in a 4 X 4 Latin square design.
  • (6) Swansea, for whom Jefferson Montero was outstanding, levelled when Gylfi Sigurdsson curled a sublime 25-yard free-kick into the top corner, after Kieran Gibbs had cynically brought down Modou Barrow, the Swansea substitute.
  • (7) New Gambian leader Adama Barrow sworn in at ceremony in Senegal Read more But Jammeh, like most dictators, gives greater weight to his ego and grandeur over national peace and harmony.
  • (8) Between 1972 and 1990, 159 pediatric patients were admitted to the Barrow Neurological Institute with acute traumatic spinal cord or vertebral column injuries.
  • (9) In conclusion, reciprocal cross differences detected for BF and LMA in barrows were established before or at fertilization and seemed to be Y-linked.
  • (10) The response to rpST in lean tissue growth rate from 60 to 100 kg was highest in fatter animals (Duroc, barrows), whereas from 100 to 140 kg, response in lean tissue growth rate to rpST was highest in leaner animals (Pietrain, F1, gilts).
  • (11) Sixteen barrows and 16 gilts of average liveweight 40 kg were fed on diets containing 0, 10, 20 or 30% copra cake.
  • (12) Barrows sired by D boars reared in a D postfertilization environment (ET) had 6.2 cm2 greater LMA and 4.1 mm less BF (P less than .05) than barrows sired by L boars gestated and reared by D dams (non-ET).
  • (13) Holding a Qur’an and looking solemn, Barrow was sworn in at the Gambian embassy in Dakar, where he has spent the past few days, and delivered his inaugural speech as president.
  • (14) The administration of pST resulted in an increase in muscle fiber size for all three fiber types in all three sexes, but these changes were of greater magnitude in barrows (31.8%) and gilts (27.8%) than in boars (9.3%).
  • (15) If fabrics break down then [microfibers] are another pathway for those [chemicals into the environment].” Those fighting the use of microbeads in beauty products are finding more traction, Barrows says, because phasing them out is straightforward.
  • (16) The metabolism of 19-nortestosterone was investigated in a miniature non-castrated male pig (boar), in a castrated pig (barrow) and in a female pig (sow).
  • (17) Since then, several of you have tipped us a wink in the direction of one such man in black who actually did find the net - in a third division game between Barrow AFC and Plymouth Argyle back on November 9 1968.
  • (18) Boars at 105 kg had 1.3 and 1.7% more moisture in the BR and ST, respectively, than barrows.
  • (19) Twelve blood serum components were determined on 78 barrows and 66 gilts, serially slaughtered at six age groups, starting at 69 d, at 2-wk intervals.
  • (20) When the new energy secretary, Ed Davey , went to Barrow to formally open Walney, he was told by some local residents that there was a strong feeling the people of Barrow had missed out on jobs, opportunities and social funding.

Harrow


Definition:

  • (n.) An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.
  • (n.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
  • (n.) To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land.
  • (n.) To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
  • (interj.) Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry.
  • (v. t.) To pillage; to harry; to oppress.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 7.13pm BST The starting XIs England: Hart (Oxford University), Walker (Barnes), Cahill (Harrow Chequers), Jagielka (Cambridge University), Baines (1st Surrey Rifles), Wilshere (Old Harrovians), Gerrard (Wanderers), Walcott (Swifts), Cleverley (Old Carthusians), Welbeck (Royal Engineers), Rooney (Old Etonians).
  • (2) A student who lost her leg in the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash says she has been given a new lease of life by a hi-tech prosthetic leg and that she is stronger for her harrowing experience.
  • (3) Arredondo's story appears equally dramatic and harrowing.
  • (4) There are some deeply harrowing cases, a lot of people will be disclosing sexual violence and for many of them they won’t have told anyone else before.
  • (5) Police Scotland have confirmed that they will contact MP Michelle Thomson after she moved colleagues to tears in the Commons on Thursday when she revealed harrowing details of her rape at the age of 14 and its subsequent impact on her life.
  • (6) Copper levels were elevated to the normal range in both dietary groups of the Gujerati and were similar to the concentrations found in the Harrow groups.
  • (7) The inquest heard at times harrowing detail about how gangs of local teenagers and children, some as young as 10, had the family "under siege".
  • (8) Dietary intake of 813 pregnant Harrow Asians of mainly Gujarati descent was compared with the intake of 54 pregnant Europeans living in the same area.
  • (9) We would not wish any other families to go through this harrowing experience and appeal to everyone to keep calm and show their respect in a peaceful manner."
  • (10) An already grim night for United might have been even more harrowing if the referee, Martin Atkinson, had taken action against Marouane Fellaini for embedding his studs in the back of James McCarthy's leg.
  • (11) For Liverpool it has been a harrowing, valedictory year, the kind that deserves a send-off, and they had one here even in defeat.
  • (12) The trailer comprises a harrowing clip from the film in which the sniper must choose whether to gun down an Iraqi woman and child who appear to be mounting a suicide attack, interspersed with flashbacks to the soldier’s life in America with his own wife and children.
  • (13) Bosnia-Herzegovina Aligned to Eurovision's Balkan Bloc Harrowingly for Greece, there is a rival Balkan Bloc entry and hurrah, the song is in the local language.
  • (14) He said: “Among the horror of the refugee crisis, one of the most harrowing images has been the thousands of orphaned children fleeing conflict.” “Britain has always been a compassionate and welcoming country, and I am delighted that the government has finally, after months of pressure, committed to vital humanitarian aid.
  • (15) A high prevalence of iron deficiency was found in apparently healthy Asian immigrant children in Harrow.
  • (16) Perhaps the most harrowing part for Manchester City amid all the regrets and raw disappointment is the way large parts of this game seemed to pass them by.
  • (17) Some case notes make harrowing reading: cells occupied by disabled prisoners with no wall bars and inmates having to drag themselves across the floor and falling frequently; PAS "having to make a fuss" to get inmates supplied with basic needs, such as walking sticks, which are then taken away when a prisoner moves prison; and an incontinent prisoner with mental health problems sleeping naked on a urine-soaked mattress.
  • (18) Lorraine's life story reads like the harrowing epilogue to one of Dunbar's plays.
  • (19) Throughout this tournament, the striker with a bowl-cut straight out of Hull circa 1986 has lead the line superbly, made perceptive runs, found excellent scoring positions ... and squandered more opportunities than a boy who's been expelled from Eton, Harrow and every other fee-paying school in the land.
  • (20) The emir of Qatar , the world's richest country per capita, is poised to hand over power to his Harrow-educated son and heir in a rare peaceful transition for the tiny but globally influential Gulf state.