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wid·ow

 (wĭd′ō)
n.
1. A woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
2. Informal A woman whose spouse is often away pursuing a sport or hobby.
3. An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder. Also called kitty1.
4. Printing
a. A single, usually short line of type, as one ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of the next page or column.
b. A short line of type at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph.
tr.v. wid·owed, wid·ow·ing, wid·ows
To make a widow or widower of.
[Middle English widewe, from Old English widuwe.]
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widowed

(ˈwɪdəʊd)
adj
having become a widow or a widower
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Adj.1.widowed - single because of death of the spouse
unmarried, single - not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?"
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widowed

[ˈwɪdəʊd] ADJ → viudo
his widowed mother → su madre viuda
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

widowed

[ˈwɪdəʊd] adj → devenu(e) veuf(veuve)
He was widowed last year → Il est devenu veuf l'année dernière.
her recently widowed mother → sa mère, récemment devenue veuve, sa mère, veuve de fraîche date
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

widowed

adj → verwitwet; a widowed mother of four → eine Witwe mit vier Kindern
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

widowed

[ˈwɪdəʊd] adj → (che è rimasto/a) vedovo/a
his widowed mother → sua madre (rimasta) vedova
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

widowed

adj viudo
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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