furrow
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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(accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌrəʊ
- Rhymes: -ʊɹəʊ
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English furgh, forow, from Old English furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhō (cf. East Frisian fuurge, Dutch vore, German Furche, Swedish fåra), from Proto-Indo-European *pork̑os (cf. Welsh rhych ‘furrow’, Latin porca ‘lynchet’, Lithuanian prapar̃šas ‘ditch’, Sanskrit párśānas ‘chasm’).
Noun [edit]
furrow (plural furrows)
- A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
- Don't walk across that deep furrow in the field.
- Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
- A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
- When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.
Translations [edit]
trench cut in the soil
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deep wrinkle in the skin of the face
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Verb [edit]
furrow (third-person singular simple present furrows, present participle furrowing, simple past and past participle furrowed)
- (transitive) To make (a) groove, a cut(s) in (the ground etc.).
- Cart wheels can furrow roads.
- (transitive) To wrinkle
- (transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to worry, concentration etc.
- Leave me alone so I can furrow my brows and concentrate.
Synonyms [edit]
- (to pull one's brows or eyebrows together): frown
Translations [edit]
to cut a groove
wrinkle — see to wrinkle
to pull one's brows together
