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furrow
Furrow is defined as a shallow trench or a deep wrinkle.
(noun)An example of a furrow is where a rabbit may live outside.
To furrow is defined as to make a shallow trench or to become wrinkled.
(verb)An example of to furrow is to wrinkle ones eyebrows together.
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See furrow in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a narrow groove made in the ground by a plow
- anything resembling this, as a deep, narrow rut made by a wheel, a deep wrinkle on the face, etc.
- Obsolete plowed land
Origin: ME forwe < OE furh, akin to Ger furche (OHG furuh) < IE base *perk-, to dig up, furrow > *porkos, L porca, furrow, porcus, pig (lit., digger)
transitive verb
to make a furrow or furrows in
Origin: < furrowthe
intransitive verb
- to make furrows
- to become wrinkled
See furrow in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.
- A rut, groove, or narrow depression: snow drifting in furrows.
- A deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead.
- To make long, narrow, shallow trenches in; plow.
- To form grooves or deep wrinkles in.
To become furrowed or wrinkled.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English forwe
Origin: , from Old English furh
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