furrow

  • 11furrow — 1. noun a) A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop. Dont walk across that deep furrow in the field. b) A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on someones forehead. When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared… …

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  • 12furrow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Furrow is used after these nouns: ↑plough {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Furrow is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑brow, ↑eyebrow Furrow is used with these nouns as the object: ↑brow, ↑eyebrow …

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  • 13furrow — n. 1) to make, turn a furrow 2) an even, straight furrow * * * [ fʌrəʊ] straight turn a furrow an even to make …

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  • 14furrow — fur|row1 [ˈfʌrəu US ˈfə:rou] n [: Old English; Origin: furh] 1.) a deep line or fold in the skin of someone s face, especially on the forehead →↑wrinkle ▪ A deep furrow appeared between his brows. 2.) a wide deep line made in the surface of… …

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  • 15furrow — [OE] Furrow is an ancient agricultural term, going back to the prehistoric Indo European base *prk , which also produced Welsh rhych ‘furrow’, Armenian herk ‘newly ploughed land’, Latin porca ‘ridge between furrows’, and possibly also Sanskrit… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 16furrow — [OE] Furrow is an ancient agricultural term, going back to the prehistoric Indo European base *prk , which also produced Welsh rhych ‘furrow’, Armenian herk ‘newly ploughed land’, Latin porca ‘ridge between furrows’, and possibly also Sanskrit… …

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  • 17furrow — furrower, n. furrowless, adj. furrowlike, adj. furrowy, adj. /ferr oh, fur oh/, n. 1. a narrow groove made in the ground, esp. by a plow. 2. a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface: the furrows of a wrinkled face. v.t. 3. to… …

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  • 18furrow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Trench, wrinkle Nouns furrow, groove, rut, scratch, stria, crack, score, incision, slit; chamfer, flute, fluting, dado, rabbet; microgroove; channel, gutter, wheel track, trench, ditch, moat, fosse,… …

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  • 19furrow — fur|row1 [ fɜrou ] noun count 1. ) a line that a farmer digs in the dirt with a PLOW where he or she plans to plant a crop 2. ) a deep line on the surface of something a ) a deep line in the skin of someone s face, especially their forehead… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20furrow — [ˈfʌrəʊ] noun [C] I 1) a line that a farmer digs in the soil with a PLOUGH in order to grow plants 2) a deep line in the skin of someone s face II verb [I/T] furrow [ˈfʌrəʊ] if your BROW furrows, or if you furrow it, deep lines appear on your… …

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