farrowed; farrowing; farrows
: to give birth to (a farrow)
of swine
: to bring forth young
—often used with down
of a cow
: not pregnant
Examples of farrow in a Sentence
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Miyun Park, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2012
Fraser’s research was designed to determine whether teeth actually confer a competitive advantage on their owners, and whether teeth clipping at farrowing (birth) hurts a piglet’s chances of survival.
—Judith Stone, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Fraser and his colleagues have also helped design a farrowing pen for sows that minimizes accidental crushing.
—Judith Stone, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
A few years ago, a proposal (still pending) to put a 25,000-hog farrowing operation in Bayfield County led Dougherty to join the fight against corporate farms.
—Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2017
Boars, particularly farrowing sows protecting their young, can be aggressive, charging and attacking intruders.
—Helen MacDonald, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2016
Verb
Although sow stalls for gestating pigs have already been banned throughout the European Union and are slowly being phased out in some U.S. states, they are still widely used elsewhere, and restrictive farrowing crates remain the common agricultural model.
—Miyun Park, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2012
Fraser’s research was designed to determine whether teeth actually confer a competitive advantage on their owners, and whether teeth clipping at farrowing (birth) hurts a piglet’s chances of survival.
—Judith Stone, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Fraser and his colleagues have also helped design a farrowing pen for sows that minimizes accidental crushing.
—Judith Stone, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
A few years ago, a proposal (still pending) to put a 25,000-hog farrowing operation in Bayfield County led Dougherty to join the fight against corporate farms.
—Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2017
Boars, particularly farrowing sows protecting their young, can be aggressive, charging and attacking intruders.
—Helen MacDonald, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2016
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farrow
1 of 2 verb
far·row
ˈfar-ō 
: to give birth to pigs
farrow
2 of 2 noun
: a litter of pigs
Medical Definition
farrow
1 of 3 transitive verb
far·row
ˈfar-(ˌ)ō, -ə(-w)
: to give birth to (a farrow)
of swine
: to bring forth young
—often used with down
farrow
2 of 3 noun1
: a litter of pigs
2
: an act of farrowing
farrow
3 of 3 adjective
of a cow
: not pregnant
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