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Furrow

Furrow Meaning & Definition
Furrow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Furrow?

[n] a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)
[n] a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
[v] hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
[v] cut a furrow into a columns
[v] make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Furrow: chamfer | chase | crease | crease | crinkle | groove | line | rut | seam | wrinkle | wrinkle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Furrow: abysm | abyss | alveolation | alveolus | arroyo | autolithograph | be a printmaker | bore | box canyon | breach | break | burrow | canal | canalize | canyon | carve | cavity | chamfer | channel | chap | character | chasm | check | chimney | chink | chisel | cleave | cleft | cleuch | clough | cocker | cockle | col | corrugate | corrugation | coulee | couloir | crack | crankle | cranny | crease | crevasse | crevice | cribble | crimp | crimple | crinkle | crosshatch | crumple | cut | cut apart | cwm | dado | defile | dell | delve | dent | dig | dig out | dike | dimple | dint | ditch | donga | draw | dredge | drill | drive | enchase | engrave | excavate | excavation | fault | fissure | flaw | flume | flute | fold | fosse | fracture | gap | gape | gash | goffer | gorge | gouge | gouge out | grave | groove | grub | gulch | gulf | gully | gutter | harrow | hatch | hole | honeycomb | impress | impression | imprint | incise | incision | indent | indentation | indention | indenture | inscribe | joint | kloof | knit | knot | leak | line | lithograph | lower | make prints | mark | mine | moat | notch | nullah | open | opening | pass | passage | pit | pleat | plica | plow | pock | pockmark | print | pucker | purse | quarry | rabbet | ravine | rent | ridge | rifle | rift | rime | rimple | ripple | rive | rivel | ruck | ruckle | rumple | rupture | rut | sap | scissure | scoop | scoop out | score | scrabble | scrape | scratch | sculpture | seam | shirr | shovel | sink | slit | slot | spade | split | stipple | streak | striate | sulcation | sulcus | sunken part | tool | track | trench | trough | tunnel | valley | void | wadi | wimple | wrinkle

See Also | crow's feet | crow's foot | cut | cut | cut into | cutis | delve | depression | dermatoglyphic | dig | fold | fold up | gash | heart line | impression | imprint | laugh line | life line | lifeline | line of destiny | line of fate | line of heart | line of life | line of Saturn | love line | mensal line | skin | tegument | trench | turn over | turn up

Furrow In Webster's Dictionary

\Fur"row\, n. [OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS. furh; akin to D. voor, OHG. furuh, G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw. f?ra, Icel. for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows.] 1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow. 2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. {Farrow weed} a weed which grows on plowed land. --Shak. {To draw a straight furrow}, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. --Lowell.
\Fur"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furrowing}.] [From {Furrow}, n.; cf. AS. fyrian.] 1. To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea. --Shak. 2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles. Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. --Shak. Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. --Byron.

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