English Explanatory Dictionary

furrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal.
  2. A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
  3. A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
verb
  1. To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
  2. To wrinkle.
  3. To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
  4. to become furrowed
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈfʌɹoʊ/ /ˈfɝoʊ/ /ˈfʌɹəʊ/ en-us-ne-furrow.ogg en-us-furrow.ogg

Word forms

furrow furrows furrowing furrowed

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

frown

Derived words

backfurrow underfurrow cleavage furrow dead furrow draw a straight furrow furrowless furrowlike furrowy iliac furrow plough a lonely furrow plough one's own furrow furrowable furrower furrowing unfurrow unfurrowed
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