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furrow

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fur⋅row

  [fur-oh, fuhr-oh]
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–noun
1. a narrow groove made in the ground, esp. by a plow.
2. a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface: the furrows of a wrinkled face.
–verb (used with object)
3. to make a furrow or furrows in.
4. to make wrinkles in (the face): to furrow one's brow.
–verb (used without object)
5. to become furrowed.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME forwe, furgh, OE furh; c. OFris furch, OHG fur(u)h (G Furche), L porca ridge between furrows

Related forms:
fur⋅row⋅er, noun
fur⋅row⋅less, adjective
fur⋅row⋅like, adjective
fur⋅row⋅y, adjective
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fur·row   (fûr'ō, fŭr'ō)   
n.  

  1. A long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.

  2. A rut, groove, or narrow depression: snow drifting in furrows.

  3. A deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead.

v.   fur·rowed, fur·row·ing, fur·rows

v.   tr.

  1. To make long, narrow, shallow trenches in; plow.

  2. To form grooves or deep wrinkles in.

v.   intr.
To become furrowed or wrinkled.

[Middle English forwe, from Old English furh.]
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Word Origin & History

furrow  (n.)
O.E. furh "furrow," from P.Gmc. *furkh- (cf. O.N. for "furrow, drainage ditch;" M.Du. vore, Du. voor; Ger. Furche "furrow"), from PIE *prk- (cf. L. porca "ridge between two furrows," O.Ir. -rech, Welsh rhych "furrow"). "Some scholars connect this word with L. porcus, Eng. FARROW, assigning to the common root the sense 'to root like a swine.' " [OED] The verb meaning "to make wrinkles in one's face, brow, etc." is from 1593.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fur·row
Pronunciation: 'f&r-(")O, -&(-w); 'f&-(")rO, -r&(-w)
Function: noun
1 : a marked narrow depression orgroove
2 : a deep wrinkle
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

furrow fur·row (fûr'ō, fŭr'ō)
n.

  1. A rut, groove, or narrow depression.

  2. A deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead.

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Bible Dictionary

Furrow

an opening in the ground made by the plough (Ps. 65:10; Hos. 10:4, 10).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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