Arrow
noun
A weapon that is shot from a bow and has a sharp point at the end.
The hunter shot an arrow at the deer.
Often appears as...
- shoot an arrow
- arrow in the quiver
noun
A character or mark used to indicate direction.
Follow the arrows on the map to reach the destination.
Often appears as...
- up arrow
- down arrow
noun
In computing, a visible marker that shows the position on a computer display.
Move the arrow with your mouse to click on the icon.
Often appears as...
- mouse arrow
- arrow pointer
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A weapon that is shot from a bow and has a sharp point at the end.
The hunter shot an arrow at the deer.
Often appears as...
- shoot an arrow
- arrow in the quiver
noun
A character or mark used to indicate direction.
Follow the arrows on the map to reach the destination.
Often appears as...
- up arrow
- down arrow
noun
In computing, a visible marker that shows the position on a computer display.
Move the arrow with your mouse to click on the icon.
Often appears as...
- mouse arrow
- arrow pointer
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Weapon Image
Visualizes the arrow as a symbol of hunting or ancient warfare.
Historical movies often feature arrows in battle scenes.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Symbol
Recognizes the arrow as a cultural icon in stories of archery heroes.
Robin Hood is famous for his skill with a bow and arrow.
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We Are What We Eat:...
There's the arrow for the bird, there's the poison arrow for the big animals, there's the other one, you know, for medium animals. And then there is the one on the right to finish up a wounded animal. They walk for hours, it's very hard, it's very exhausting . Some time they only get these tiny little birds. They don't get many animals. It's quite rare. There are animals but, you know
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The deadly irony of...
was precisely the opposite of something that would make you live forever. In these early days, the Chinese hadn't yet figured out how to make the powder explode; it was simply very flammable, and their armies used it to make flaming arrows and even a flamethrower. But once they figured out the right proportions
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A healthy economy should...
We take earth's materials, make them into stuff we want, use it for a while, often only once, and then throw it away, and that is pushing us over planetary boundaries, so we need to bend those arrows around, create economies that work with and within the cycles of the living world,
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The Factory PIPE Think Like...
It may help to first think about this problem as a human, rather than a machine. Given this diagram, it’s clear to start with getting a bowl, since no arrows point to it. How might you mark up the diagram to figure out what to do next? Pause now to figure it out yourself.
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How fast is the speed of...
and your own speed of thought changes throughout your lifetime. In particular, as you reach old age, the myelin sheath covering your axons wears down, and other neuronal structures degrade. Back to the dastardly experiment. Arrows shot from recurve bows fly, on average,
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Does time exist? -...
or entropy, over time. Systems in our universe move from order to disorder, and it is that property of the universe that defines the direction of time’s arrow. So if time is such a fundamental property, it should be in our most fundamental equations
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We need women in...
those kinds of you know slings and arrows as it were course everyone in public life it's used to them but you know people say well gee boys she's really tough while she plays politics like the men boys she really knows they
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
arrows uh yes um it will it will be miserable but you still want to do it why i mean i hope it's not too miserable uh but i i just think it's important to the fun like it's important to the function of
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Protecting the Tribes PIPE...
monkeys and wild pigs with bows and arrows girls gather berries and grubs the rainforest provides all of their needs if it is cut down this unique way of life will be lost forever these
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Julian Baggini: Is there...
fletchers bend the arrow, carpenters bend a log of wood, wise people fashion themselves." And that's the idea I want to leave you with,
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We Are What We Eat:...
There's the arrow for the bird, there's the poison arrow for the big animals, there's the other one, you know, for medium animals. And then there is the one on the right to finish up a wounded animal. They walk for hours, it's very hard, it's very exhausting . Some time they only get these tiny little birds. They don't get many animals. It's quite rare. There are animals but, you know
Video examples
The deadly irony of...
was precisely the opposite of something that would make you live forever. In these early days, the Chinese hadn't yet figured out how to make the powder explode; it was simply very flammable, and their armies used it to make flaming arrows and even a flamethrower. But once they figured out the right proportions
Video examples
A healthy economy should...
We take earth's materials, make them into stuff we want, use it for a while, often only once, and then throw it away, and that is pushing us over planetary boundaries, so we need to bend those arrows around, create economies that work with and within the cycles of the living world,
Video examples
The Factory PIPE Think Like...
It may help to first think about this problem as a human, rather than a machine. Given this diagram, it’s clear to start with getting a bowl, since no arrows point to it. How might you mark up the diagram to figure out what to do next? Pause now to figure it out yourself.
Video examples
How fast is the speed of...
and your own speed of thought changes throughout your lifetime. In particular, as you reach old age, the myelin sheath covering your axons wears down, and other neuronal structures degrade. Back to the dastardly experiment. Arrows shot from recurve bows fly, on average,
Video examples
Does time exist? -...
or entropy, over time. Systems in our universe move from order to disorder, and it is that property of the universe that defines the direction of time’s arrow. So if time is such a fundamental property, it should be in our most fundamental equations
Video examples
We need women in...
those kinds of you know slings and arrows as it were course everyone in public life it's used to them but you know people say well gee boys she's really tough while she plays politics like the men boys she really knows they
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
arrows uh yes um it will it will be miserable but you still want to do it why i mean i hope it's not too miserable uh but i i just think it's important to the fun like it's important to the function of
Video examples
Protecting the Tribes PIPE...
monkeys and wild pigs with bows and arrows girls gather berries and grubs the rainforest provides all of their needs if it is cut down this unique way of life will be lost forever these
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Julian Baggini: Is there...
fletchers bend the arrow, carpenters bend a log of wood, wise people fashion themselves." And that's the idea I want to leave you with,
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Rebecca Makkai
American Novelist
In a short story, you can use someone - we're only going to be with that person for maybe 10 pages, and they can have sort of a one note personality. And in a novel, you need to have arrows pointing more than one direction for that person.
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Henry Hudson
English Explorer
These natives are a very good people; for when they saw that I would not remain, they supposed that I was afraid of their bows; and, taking their arrows, the broke them in pieces and threw them into the fire.
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Kevin Parker
Australian Musician
My personal life, my musical life, my life as an artist - almost everything has pointed all these little arrows that make up which way I go as a person and what I feel comfortable as my identity.
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Helen Keller
American Author
As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.
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Carly Fiorina
American Businesswoman
When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.
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Georg Hermes
German Theologian
Death is like an arrow that is already in flight, and your life lasts only until it reaches you.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
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Chris Stapleton
American Musician
My dad was a very straight arrow, prayed-at-every-meal kind of guy.
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Terry Wogan
Irish Entertainer
Time flies like an arrow - but fruit flies like a banana.
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Carly Simon
American Musician
My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.
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Rebecca Makkai
American Novelist
In a short story, you can use someone - we're only going to be with that person for maybe 10 pages, and they can have sort of a one note personality. And in a novel, you need to have arrows pointing more than one direction for that person.
Quote examples
Henry Hudson
English Explorer
These natives are a very good people; for when they saw that I would not remain, they supposed that I was afraid of their bows; and, taking their arrows, the broke them in pieces and threw them into the fire.
Quote examples
Kevin Parker
Australian Musician
My personal life, my musical life, my life as an artist - almost everything has pointed all these little arrows that make up which way I go as a person and what I feel comfortable as my identity.
Quote examples
Helen Keller
American Author
As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.
Quote examples
Carly Fiorina
American Businesswoman
When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.
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Georg Hermes
German Theologian
Death is like an arrow that is already in flight, and your life lasts only until it reaches you.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
Quote examples
Chris Stapleton
American Musician
My dad was a very straight arrow, prayed-at-every-meal kind of guy.
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Terry Wogan
Irish Entertainer
Time flies like an arrow - but fruit flies like a banana.
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Carly Simon
American Musician
My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.
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