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furrow Definition

fur·row (fʉrō)

noun

  1. a narrow groove made in the ground by a plow
  2. anything resembling this, as a deep, narrow rut made by a wheel, a deep wrinkle on the face, etc.
  3. 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)

transitive verb

to make a furrow or furrows in

Etymology: < furrowthe

intransitive verb

  1. to make furrows
  2. to become wrinkled

furrow Synonyms

furrow

n.

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

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