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# prow

«prow» in Mova's school dictionary: **the front end of a boat or ship, the part that points…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (prows)

### meaning for a pupil

The prow is the front end of a boat or ship, the part that points forward through the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prow/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in sea tales, the front of a ship where a hook or rope is fixed, or where a person stands to watch the way ahead

### examples

- He tied the rope to the prow of the boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prow/#x1)
- The sailor stood at the prow and looked for land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prow/#x2)
- The ship's prow cut through the waves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prow/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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