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Definitions of harrowing in various dictionaries:
verb - draw a harrow over (land)
adj - extremely painful
verb - to break up and level soil
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This adjective for a terrifying experience comes from a toothed farm implement used on plowed ground |
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Extremely distressing agonizing: a harrowing experience. |
acutely distressing. |
extremely painful |
Acutely distressing. |
extremely upsetting because connected with suffering: |
Harrowing description |
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In agriculture, a harrow (often called a set of harrows in a plurale tantum sense) is an implement for breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil. In this way it is distinct in its effect from the plough, which is used for deeper tillage. Harrowing is often carried out on fields to follow the rough finish left by plowing operations. The purpose of this harrowing is generally to break up clods (lumps of soil) and to provide a finer finish, a good tilth or soil structure that is suitable for seedbed use. Coarser harrowing may also be used to remove weeds and to cover seed after sowing. Harrows differ from cultivators in that they disturb the whole surface of the soil, such as to prepare a seedbed, instead of disturbing only narrow trails that skirt crop rows (to kill weeds). * There are four general types of harrows: disc harrows, tine harrows (including spring-tooth harrows, drag harrows, and spike harrows), chain harrows, and chain-disk harrows. Harrows were originally drawn |