A short single line at the top of a page or column, usually the last line of a paragraph; to be avoided in good typesetting. Also, a single word or syllable standing alone as the last line of a paragraph. to top

A single work left hanging at the end of a paragraph.

a small part of a paragraph that has been carried to the top of a new page. Widows are avoided for the sake of the appearance of a page. Exactly how much of a paragraph must appear on a page to avoid a widow is a matter of opinion. A widow is a kind of BAD BREAK.

A single word or partial line of text.

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

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

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

a woman who has outlived the man to whom she was married at the time of his death; especially, such a woman who has not remarried.

A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character.

an unmarried woman (or one no longer married) who engaged in teaching, preaching, and hospitality ministries in early Christian (esp. Pauline) churches

a formerly married person who has been left single by the death of a spouse