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

Verb
cause to be without a spouse; "The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia"

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

a.
Widowed.

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

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

v. t.
To endow with a widow's right.

v. t.
To become, or survive as, the widow of.

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Widow

Wid"ow , n. [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw, Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav'be; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. a bachelor. . Cf. Vidual.] A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband. "A poor widow." Chaucer. Grass widow. See under Grass. -- Widow bewitched, a woman separated from her husband; a grass widow. [Colloq.] Widow-in-mourning (Zo'94l.), the macavahu. -- Widow monkey (Zo'94l.), a small South American monkey (Callithrix lugens); -- so called on account of its color, which is black except the dull whitish arms, neck, and face, and a ring of pure white around the face. -- Widow's chamber (Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and furniture of the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she was formerly entitled.

Widow

Wid"ow, a. Widowed. "A widow woman." 1 Kings xvii. 9. "This widow lady." Shak.

Widow

Wid"ow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Widowing.] 1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

Though in thus city he Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury.

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

The widowed isle, in mourning, Dries up her tears.

Tress of their shriveled fruits Are widowed, dreary storms o'er all prevail.

Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn.

3. To endow with a widow's right. [R.] Shak. 4. To become, or survive as, the widow of. [Obs.]

Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and widow them all.

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

Widowed.

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