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furrow

fur·row

UK/ˈfʌɹəʊ/ US/ˈfʌɹoʊ/ rare
noun (2) verb (3)

noun

1.

a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)

2.

a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface

  • “his face has many lines”
  • “ironing gets rid of most wrinkles”
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verb

1.

hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

  • “furrow soil”
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2.

make wrinkled or creased

  • “furrow one”
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3.

cut a furrow into a columns

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Origin

From Middle English furgh, forow, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs (compare Saterland Frisian Fuurge, Dutch voor, German Furche, Swedish fåra, Norwegian Bokmål fure), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Compare Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Latin porca (“ridge, balk”), Lithuanian prapar̃šas (“ditch”), Sanskrit पर्शान (párśāna, “chasm”).

Phrases

  • cleavage furrow
  • dead furrow
  • draw a straight furrow
  • iliac furrow
  • plough a lonely furrow
  • plough one's own furrow

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