furrow

Speech parts

1. furrow - Noun

2. furrow - Verb

3. Furrow - Proper noun

Meaning

A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.

Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.

To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea.

To mark with channels or with wrinkles.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

chase line groove seam crease rut wrinkle chamfer crinkle ridge lin harrow dell lane moraine
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Antonyms

marge support even open headland spread
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Hypernyms

cut depression impression fold dig trench

Hyponyms

gash cut drill life line lifeline laugh line

Phrases with the word

plough a lonely furrow plough one's own furrow furrow one's brows plow a lonely furrow

Derivatives

furrowed furrowing

Examples

his face has many lines Source: Internet

ironing gets rid of most wrinkles Source: Internet

furrow one's brow Source: Internet

furrow soil Source: Internet

Away in a local derby often ploughing a lone furrow up front, he was isolated against three high-class center-backs and did not the impact he would have liked. Source: Internet

Dating back at least to early Anglo-Saxon times, it originally referred to the length of the furrow in one acre of a ploughed open field (a medieval communal field which was divided into strips). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

furriness furring furring strip furrow one's brows furrowable furrowed