Standard Lemma guide

windrow

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈwɪnd.ɹəʊ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.

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noun

Meaning 5

A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.

A ridge or berm at a perimeter

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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noun

Meaning 6

A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada

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noun

Meaning 7

A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade.

A long snowbank along the side of a road.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, broadly

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noun

Meaning 8

The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it.

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Usage: UK

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9

verb

Meaning 9

To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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History

Etymology

From wind + row.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: откос (otkos) — row of cut grain or hay
  • Catalan: andana — row of cut grain or hay
  • Chinese Mandarin: 成排的乾草 /成排的干草 (chéngpái de gāncǎo) — row of cut grain or hay
  • Dutch: zwad — row of cut grain or hay
  • Dutch: zwade — row of cut grain or hay
  • Finnish: karhe — row of cut grain or hay
  • French: andain — row of cut grain or hay
  • Galician: renque — row of cut grain or hay
  • German: Schwade — row of cut grain or hay
  • Ingrian: heinälaine — row of cut grain or hay
  • Irish: láithreán féir — row of cut grain or hay
  • Italian: andana — row of cut grain or hay
  • Russian: вало́к (valók) — row of cut grain or hay
  • Spanish: hilera — row of cut grain or hay
  • Swedish: hösträng — row of cut grain or hay
  • Walloon: hougne — row of cut grain or hay
  • Walloon: andon — row of cut grain or hay
  • Dutch: wal — line heaped up by the wind
  • Finnish: vana — streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea
  • Finnish: karhe — line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader
  • Finnish: reunavalli — ridge or berm at a perimeter
  • Finnish: valli — line of snow left behind by snowplow
  • Finnish: penkka — long snowbank along the side of a road