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furrow
[ fur-oh, fuhr-oh ]
noun
- a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface:
the furrows of a wrinkled face.
verb (used with object)
- to make a furrow or furrows in.
- to make wrinkles in (the face):
to furrow one's brow.
verb (used without object)
- to become furrowed.
furrow
/ ˈfʌrəʊ /
noun
- a long narrow trench made in the ground by a plough or a trench resembling this
- any long deep groove, esp a deep wrinkle on the forehead
verb
- to develop or cause to develop furrows or wrinkles
- to make a furrow or furrows in (land)
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Derived Forms
- ˈfurrowless, adjective
- ˈfurrow-ˌlike, adjective
- ˈfurrower, noun
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Other Words From
- furrow·er noun
- furrow·less adjective
- furrow·like adjective
- furrow·y adjective
- un·furrowed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of furrow1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of furrow1
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Example Sentences
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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