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   Fur·row

   /ˈfərō/

   

   noun

   • 1. a long narrow trench made in the ground by a plow, especially for planting seeds or for irrigation.
   • ▪ a rut, groove, or trail in the ground or another surface: "truck wheels had dug furrows in the sand" Similar groovetrenchruttroughditchchannelseamguttergougehollowfissuregashtrack
   • ▪ a line or wrinkle on a person's face: "there were deep furrows in his brow" Similar wrinklelinecreasecrinklecrow's footcleftindentationcorrugationscartechnical:sulcus

   verb

   • 1. make a rut, groove, or trail in (the ground or the surface of something): "gorges furrowing the deep-sea floor"
   • ▪ (with reference to the forehead or face) mark or be marked with lines or wrinkles caused by frowning, anxiety, or concentration: "a look of concern furrowed his brow"
   • ▪ (with reference to the eyebrows) tighten or be tightened and lowered in anxiety, concentration, or disapproval, so wrinkling the forehead: "his brows furrowed in concentration"
   • ▪ use a plow to make a long narrow trench in (land or earth): "the tractors continuously furrowed the fields for several days"

   Word Origin Old Englishfurh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voor and German Furche, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin porca ‘ridge between furrows’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. furrowy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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