Widow vs. Widowed

Widownoun

A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.

Widownoun

A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.

Widownoun

(card games) An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.

Widownoun

(printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.

Widownoun

A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus.

Widowverb

(transitive) To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.

Widownoun

A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.

Widownoun

In various games (such as "hearts"), any extra hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table. It may be taken by one of the players under certain circumstances.

Widowadjective

Widowed.

Widowverb

To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; - rarely used except in the past participle.

Widowverb

To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

Widowverb

To endow with a widow's right.

Widowverb

To become, or survive as, the widow of.

Widownoun

a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

Widowverb

cause to be without a spouse;

Widow

A widow is a woman whose spouse has died; a widower is a man whose spouse has died.

Widowedadjective

(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

Widowedverb

simple past tense and past participle of widow

Widowedadjective

single because of death of the spouse