| widow | |
| 1. n. A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower. | |
| 2. n. (uncommon) A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried). | |
| 3. n. (informal, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc. | |
| 4. n. (card games) An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder. | |
| 5. n. (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column. | |
| 6. n. A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus. | |
| 7. v. To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, figurative) To strip of anything valued. | |
| 9. v. (transitive, obsolete) To endow with a widow's right. | |
| 10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To be widow to. | |
