PROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prow mean? 

• PROW (noun)
  The noun PROW has 1 sense:

1. front part of a vessel or aircraft

  Familiarity information: PROW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Front part of a vessel or aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bow; fore; prow; stem

Context example:

he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line

Hypernyms ("prow" is a kind of...):

front (the side that is seen or that goes first)

Holonyms ("prow" is a part of...):

vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)

 Context examples 

I wish Mr. Micawber to take his stand upon that vessel's prow, and firmly say, This country I am come to conquer!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I then took my tackling, and, fastening a hook to the hole at the prow of each, I tied all the cords together at the end.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Near the prow was planted Sir Oliver's spear, with his arms—a boar's head gules upon a field of gold.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

From the first moment of this voyage, I wish Mr. Micawber to stand upon that vessel's prow and say, Enough of delay: enough of disappointment: enough of limited means.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I seized a large man of war, tied a cable to the prow, and, lifting up the anchors, I stripped myself, put my clothes (together with my coverlet, which I carried under my arm) into the vessel, and, drawing it after me, between wading and swimming arrived at the royal port of Blefuscu, where the people had long expected me: they lent me two guides to direct me to the capital city, which is of the same name.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)