arrowing
- 1Present participle of arrow.
The fighter jets were arrowing across the open sky toward the coast.
A messenger came arrowing through the gates with urgent news.
Note
One -ing form carries several quite different verbs. The motion sense is intransitive and wants a path: jets arrowing across the sky, a messenger arrowing through the gates. Used transitively, it means letting something fly. In botany a plant is arrowing when it develops its inflorescence; on a computer, you are arrowing through a list with the arrow keys; and in Singapore English, arrowing someone means picking them for a job nobody wants.
arrowing is a form of arrow
arrow, verb: To move, or send something, swiftly and directly, the way an arrow flies. Full entry
- Spelling
- arrow → arrowing: add -ing
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