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# arrow

«arrow» in Mova's school dictionary: **A thin straight stick with a sharp point at the front and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an arrow, arrows)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A thin straight stick with a sharp point at the front and feathers at the back, shot from a bow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#m1)

2) A sign shaped like this (→) that points to show a direction or where to look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#m2)

3) A key or button on a keyboard or screen with this shape, used to move something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths an arrow shows direction on a number line or in a diagram, and in graphs it shows that a line goes on and on; in science diagrams arrows show which way a force pushes or how energy or food passes in a food chain. In everyday life and safety, arrows on signs show the way out, one-way streets and fire exits. In stories, bows and arrows belong to hunters, archers and Robin Hood. Phrases: «follow the arrows», «arrow key», «bow and arrow», «straight as an arrow».

### examples

- Robin Hood shot the arrow right into the middle of the target. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#x1)
- Follow the green arrows to the fire exit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#x2)
- In a food chain, the arrow points from the grass to the rabbit that eats it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#x3)
- Press the arrow keys to move your character. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#x4)
- Draw an arrow to show which way the force pushes the box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#x5)
- The arrow on the sign said the zoo was to the left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#x6)
- The road went on, straight as an arrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#x7)
- On a number line, the arrow shows that the numbers keep going. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#x8)
- The arrow whistled through the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/#x9)

### note

Countable: an arrow, two arrows. In a food chain the arrow means «is eaten by» / «gives energy to» — it points to the eater, not to the food; pupils often draw it the wrong way. Real arrows are dangerous: never aim a bow at a person.

### In the corpora

- [In the Müller-Lyer illusion, two equal lines look different lengths because of the arrow ends; a ruler shows the truth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/6/)
- [Theo plans team games with drawings: arrows, circles and a stick figure of himself with a cape.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/424-teamwork-strategy-and-minecraft-building/6/)
- [In the testudo, or tortoise formation, soldiers locked their shields above and around them to protect against arrows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads/11/)
- [Skydivers spread out like a starfish to catch more air, and dive head first like an arrow to go faster.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/3-parachutes-and-falling-safely/7/)
- [The arrows in a food chain point from the thing eaten to the thing that eats it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/26-food-chains-and-webs/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «arrow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.