arrowing

Verb

arrow (third-person singular simple present arrows, present participle arrowing, simple past and past participle arrowed)

1. (intransitive) To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).
   • Above his head, a startled bird arrows up, into the sun.2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 279
2. (transitive) To let fly swiftly and directly.
   • Jermain Defoe dinked in an equaliser and Gareth Bale hit the crossbar for the hosts before Elliott Bennett arrowed in Norwich's winner.2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport
3. (intransitive) To develop an inflorescence.
   • The more vigorous and luxuriant the vegetation of a field of canes, the less will the tendency to flowering be shewn; whereas nearly all the canes will be found to arrow if the soil be poor and the vegetation meagre.1848, Louis Antoine A.G. De Verteuil, Three essays on the cultivation of the sugar-cane in Trinidad, page 12
4. (intransitive) To navigate using the arrow keys.
   • Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.
5. (Singapore, Singlish, transitive) To single out or nominate (someone) to be responsible for something, especially an undesirable task.
   • Just because I never come for meeting … my boss arrow me to do this job.2011, Susan Tsang, Audrey Perera, Singapore at Random, →ISBN, page 36

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