furrow.
Any trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal.
Meaning & usage
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.
Any trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal. A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-der. Proto-Germanic *furhs Proto-West Germanic *furh Old English furh Middle English forow English furrow From Middle English forow, furgh, 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”).
To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
Cart wheels can furrow roads.
To wrinkle.
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.
to become furrowed
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-der. Proto-Germanic *furhs Proto-West Germanic *furh Old English furh Middle English forow English furrow From Middle English forow, furgh, 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”).
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