Marrow

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.

   “Chop me up, I like to be hurt / Drink my marrow and blood for dessert”

2. isim A kind of vegetable similar to a large courgette, zucchini or squash; the mature fruit of certain Cucurbita pepo cultivars.

   “The finest European vegetables, cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, vegetable marrow, were lying in the market-hall, awaiting purchasers.”

3. isim The pith of certain plants.
4. isim The essence; the best part.

   “It takes from our achievements[…]/ The pith and marrow of our attribute.”

5. isim The inner meaning or purpose.
6. isim Bone marrow biopsy.

   “This patient will have a marrow today.”

7. isim Semen.

   “Parolles: He wears his honour in a box, unseen / That hugs his kicky-wicky here at home, / Spending his manly marrow in her arms / Of Mars’s fiery steed.”

8. isim A friend, pal, buddy, mate.

   “Cheers marrow!”

9. isim A miner's mate or assistant.

   “A 'getter' or miner is paid 1½ to 2 cents per hundred weight of Coals excavated, […] but out of this sum, his "marrows" or assistants who do the business of 'putting' and 'hurrying' for him must be paid […]”

10. isim One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

    “The moon’s my constant Mistresse / & the lowlie owle my morrowe. / The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make / mee musicke to my sorrowe.”

11. özel isim A surname.