furrow
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oʊ, ˈfʌr 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)
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:
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
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
Related forms
fur·row·er, noun
fur·row·less, adjective
fur·row·like, adjective
fur·row·y, adjective
un·fur·rowed, adjective
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World English Dictionary
furrow (ˈfʌrəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to develop or cause to develop furrows or wrinkles |
| 4. | to make a furrow or furrows in (land) |
| [Old English furh; related to Old Frisian furch, Old Norse for, Old High German furuh furrow, Latin porca ridge between furrows] | |
| 'furrower | |
| —n | |
| 'furrowless | |
| —adj | |
| 'furrow-like | |
| —adj | |
| 'furrowy | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
furrow
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 1590s. Related: Furrowed; furrowing.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
furrow fur·row (fûr'ō, fŭr'ō)
n.
A rut, groove, or narrow depression.
A deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Furrow definition
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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Example sentences
Along its line of attachment to the buccal epithelium is a shallow groove, the dental furrow.
He laid himself down to sleep in a furrow, heart-broken and supperless.
Irrigation systems used included simulated furrow irrigation, subsurface drip irrigation, and surface drip irrigation.
Now the careerism of academia has taken over, and the etiquette is that one has to stick to one's own little furrow.
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