furrow
About 0.99 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Any trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal. 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.
- noun 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.
- noun A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.
- verb To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
Cart wheels can furrow roads.
- verb To wrinkle.
- verb To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
As she pored over the company's bewildering tax documents, she furrowed her brows, wrinkled her nose, and began to frown her befuddlement.
- verb to become furrowed
Similar words
groove chamfer seam wrinkle crease crinkle rut chase line plough
Often followed by
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Word family
furrowed furrowing furrows
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