widow
Definition
- n. a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
- v. cause to be without a spouse
Word forms
- Past participle
- widowed
- Past tense
- widowed
- Present participle
- widowing
- Third person singular
- widows
Example sentences
n.
After her husband passed away, she became a widow and had to learn to live alone.
vt.
The tragic accident left many women widowed and struggling to support their families.