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furrow

[ fur-oh, fuhr-oh ]

noun

  1. a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
  2. a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface:

    the furrows of a wrinkled face.



verb (used with object)

  1. to make a furrow or furrows in.
  2. to make wrinkles in (the face):

    to furrow one's brow.

verb (used without object)

  1. to become furrowed.

furrow

/ ˈfʌrəʊ /

noun

  1. a long narrow trench made in the ground by a plough or a trench resembling this
  2. any long deep groove, esp a deep wrinkle on the forehead
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to develop or cause to develop furrows or wrinkles
  2. to make a furrow or furrows in (land)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈfurrowless, adjective
  • ˈfurrow-ˌlike, adjective
  • ˈfurrower, noun
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Other Words From

  • furrow·er noun
  • furrow·less adjective
  • furrow·like adjective
  • furrow·y adjective
  • un·furrowed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of furrow1

before 900; Middle English forwe, furgh, Old English furh; cognate with Old Frisian furch, Old High German fur ( u ) h ( German Furche ), Latin porca ridge between furrows
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Word History and Origins

Origin of furrow1

Old English furh ; related to Old Frisian furch , Old Norse for , Old High German furuh furrow, Latin porca ridge between furrows
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Example Sentences

Imprinted on a knobby rock about as big as an orange were the folds, furrows and even blood vessels of a brain.

Her eyebrows furrow with pain, her mouth falls open in shock, her hand reaching out to be saved.

He was fidgety, furrow-faced, almost entirely unsmiling, and largely inarticulate.

"He wouldn't be likely to notice you if you crept along the bottom of a furrow," Mr. Blackbird assured Grandfather Mole.

I picked up the handles and lifted the plough around, setting the point to the new furrow.

In fact, there had never been an owner for the land nor a furrow turned here since the dawn of creation.

Oar and keel, pebble and arrow, wind and current, are alike powerless to make a furrow that shall last.

Behind him wavered a long, deep-gouged furrow-trail, pitiful attest of suffering.

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