furrow Definition
fur·row (fʉr′ō)
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
Etymology: 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)
intransitive verb
- to make furrows
- to become wrinkled
furrow Synonyms
furrow Usage Examples
Object
- brow: Alan now had a furrowed brow to add to his hands on hips pose.
- field: One farmer for whom we worked had furrowed the field at right angles to his farmhouse.
Converse of object
- plow: They didn't see us plow a lonely furrow in the Fourth under Harry Gregg.
- cut: It had cut a long furrow across the face of Io, leaving a trail of smoking wreckage in its wake.
- make: This will make a small furrow suitable for sowing your seeds in, which will be perfectly straight.
- plow: Alexander Frei looked particularly sharp for the Swiss, despite plowing a lone furrow up front.
Adjective modifier
- lonely: They didn't see us plow a lonely furrow in the Fourth under Harry Gregg.
- lone: Peacock was left to plow a lone furrow up front with his fellow forward supplementing a packed midfield.
- straight: Drill: Narrow, straight furrow in the soil, used for sowing seeds.
- medieval: Previously evaluation work in the northeastern part of the site recorded a series of medieval furrows.
- deep: Each had its own plot of land divided from its neighbor by a deep furrow.
- own: Determined to plow her own furrow she dug herself deeper into a hole.
Modifies a noun
- earthwork: Medieval ridge and furrow earthworks and three post medieval tree stumps were recorded within the development area.
- cultivation: Evidence for medieval ridge and furrow cultivation was also detected.
- plow: The ' Yeoman ' at work with the Turner four furrow plow.
- field: There are several remnants of ridge and furrow field systems.
- system: The ridge and furrow system is to be restored in the new works.
Modifying Another Word
- deeply: Bark: Gray, thick, rough, deeply furrowed.
- deep: Years of poverty without hope had worn deep furrows into the brows of the beggars who approached us on the street.
Noun used with modifier
cleavage: The mechanism by which the microtubules communicated the positioning of the cleavage furrow in mammalian cells was largely unknown.
Browse dictionary entries near furrow
- ‹ furring
- ‹ furriery
- ‹ furrier
- ‹ furred
- ‹ furor
- ‹ Furnivall
- ‹ furniture
- ‹ furnishings
- ‹ furnished
- ‹ furnish
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- furtherance ›
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- furthermost ›
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