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# widow

«widow» in Mova's school dictionary: **a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again** — 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 (a widow, widows); verb (be widowed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A widow is a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widow/#m1)

2) In printing, a widow is a single short line left alone at the top of a page or column. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widow/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, history and the Bible, widows are often poor or brave characters. In everyday life, people show kindness to widows and widowers. A man whose wife has died is a widower. A black widow is a kind of spider found in North America and Australia (redback is a relative), whose bite is dangerous. Phrases: «black widow», «was widowed».

### examples

- After her husband died, she became a widow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widow/#x1)
- The widow lived alone in a little cottage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widow/#x2)
- Grandad is a widower, because Grandma died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widow/#x3)
- She was widowed when she was young. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widow/#x4)
- In the story, the kind widow took in the orphan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widow/#x5)
- The black widow spider has a red mark on its body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widow/#x6)
- We visit the widow next door and help with her shopping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widow/#x7)
- The widow wore black at the funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widow/#x8)
- "I don't mind!" says the widow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widow/#x9)

### note

Countable: a widow, widows. The word for a man is «widower». «Widowed» is used for both: «She was widowed», «He was widowed». Do not confuse with «window». Safety: black widow and redback spiders can bite; never touch them.

### In the corpora

- [A widow is a woman whose husband has died, and a widower is a man whose wife has died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/18/)
- [The Bible tells Christians to «look after orphans and widows», and many faiths run charities for children without parents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/75-is-it-fair-why-bad-things-happen-to-good-people/16/)
- [(22-21) Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.637/)
- [He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.314/)
- [Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.656/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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