widow

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Synonyms: window, widom, wido, widor

Antonyms: window, widom, wido, widor

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Noun

1. A [[person]] whose [[spouse]] is absent:
2. {{lb|en|card games}} An [[additional#Adjective|additional]] [[hand#Noun|hand]] of [[playing card]]s [[deal#Verb|dealt]] [[face-down#Adverb|face-down]] in some [[card game]]s, to be [[use#Verb|used]] by the [[high#Adjective|highest]] [[bidder]].
3. {{lb|en|typography}} A [[single]] [[line#Noun|line]] of [[type#Noun|type]] that ends a [[paragraph]] but is separated from it by being carried over to the next [[page#Noun|page]] or [[column]].
4. {{senseid|en|spider}} Any [[venomous]] spider of the genus {{taxfmt|Latrodectus|genus}} (called "widows" because of the practice of [[sexual cannibalism]] observed among many of these species).

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make a widow or [[widower]] of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To strip of anything valued.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To endow with a widow's right.
4. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To be widow to.

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