arrowed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of arrow.

   The editor arrowed the misplaced sentence toward its correct spot.

   Her free kick arrowed over the wall and into the goal.

   Note

   One spelling serves both past forms, and the reading depends on which verb sits behind it. The intransitive uses take have in the perfect: a ball that arrowed into the net, or a plant that has arrowed by putting out its flower spike. The transitive uses also allow the passive. In Singapore English, someone who was arrowed has been singled out for an unwelcome job.

2. 2
   adjective

   Indicated by a drawn arrow in a diagram or illustration.

   The arrowed region on the schematic marks the fault location.

   Each arrowed label points to a different muscle group in the figure.

   Similarmarked, highlighted

   Oppositeunmarked

3. 3
   adjective

   Supplied with arrows for shooting from a bow.

   A fully arrowed archer waited at the edge of the field.

   The arrowed scouts advanced quietly along the ridge.

4. 4
   adjectivenonstandard

   Struck or wounded by one or more arrows.

   The arrowed stag stumbled into the clearing before collapsing.

   Several arrowed soldiers lay near the breached wall.

   Similarshot, pierced

   Note

   Here the word describes the target rather than the archer, and it sits outside standard usage. The risk is ambiguity: arrowed soldiers could just as well be soldiers carrying arrows, as in the 'equipped' meaning. In careful prose, struck by arrows or pierced by an arrow says the same thing without the doubt. Save the adjective for casual or deliberately vivid writing.

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