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fur·row

 (fûr′ō, fŭr′ō)
n.
1. A long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.
2. A rut, groove, or narrow depression: snow drifting in furrows.
3. A deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead.
v. fur·rowed, fur·row·ing, fur·rows
v.tr.
1. To make long, narrow, shallow trenches in; plow.
2. To form grooves or deep wrinkles in.
v.intr.
To become furrowed or wrinkled.

[Middle English forwe, from Old English furh.]
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furrow

(ˈfʌrəʊ)
n
1. (Agriculture) a long narrow trench made in the ground by a plough or a trench resembling this
2. any long deep groove, esp a deep wrinkle on the forehead
vb
3. to develop or cause to develop furrows or wrinkles
4. (Agriculture) to make a furrow or furrows in (land)
[Old English furh; related to Old Frisian furch, Old Norse for, Old High German furuh furrow, Latin porca ridge between furrows]
ˈfurrower n
ˈfurrowless adj
ˈfurrow-ˌlike, ˈfurrowy adj
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fur•row

(ˈfɜr oʊ, ˈfʌr oʊ)

n., v. -rowed, -row•ing. n.
1. a narrow groove made in the ground, esp. by a plow.
2. a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface.
v.t.
3. to make a furrow or furrows in.
4. to make wrinkles in (the face): to furrow one's brow.
v.i.
5. to become furrowed.
[before 900; Middle English forwe, furgh, Old English furh; c. Old High German fur(u)h, Old Norse for]
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Furrow

 of brows—Madden.
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furrow


Past participle: furrowed
Gerund: furrowing

Imperative
furrow
furrow
Present
I furrow
you furrow
he/she/it furrows
we furrow
you furrow
they furrow
Preterite
I furrowed
you furrowed
he/she/it furrowed
we furrowed
you furrowed
they furrowed
Present Continuous
I am furrowing
you are furrowing
he/she/it is furrowing
we are furrowing
you are furrowing
they are furrowing
Present Perfect
I have furrowed
you have furrowed
he/she/it has furrowed
we have furrowed
you have furrowed
they have furrowed
Past Continuous
I was furrowing
you were furrowing
he/she/it was furrowing
we were furrowing
you were furrowing
they were furrowing
Past Perfect
I had furrowed
you had furrowed
he/she/it had furrowed
we had furrowed
you had furrowed
they had furrowed
Future
I will furrow
you will furrow
he/she/it will furrow
we will furrow
you will furrow
they will furrow
Future Perfect
I will have furrowed
you will have furrowed
he/she/it will have furrowed
we will have furrowed
you will have furrowed
they will have furrowed
Future Continuous
I will be furrowing
you will be furrowing
he/she/it will be furrowing
we will be furrowing
you will be furrowing
they will be furrowing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been furrowing
you have been furrowing
he/she/it has been furrowing
we have been furrowing
you have been furrowing
they have been furrowing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been furrowing
you will have been furrowing
he/she/it will have been furrowing
we will have been furrowing
you will have been furrowing
they will have been furrowing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been furrowing
you had been furrowing
he/she/it had been furrowing
we had been furrowing
you had been furrowing
they had been furrowing
Conditional
I would furrow
you would furrow
he/she/it would furrow
we would furrow
you would furrow
they would furrow
Past Conditional
I would have furrowed
you would have furrowed
he/she/it would have furrowed
we would have furrowed
you would have furrowed
they would have furrowed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.furrow - a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)furrow - a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)
gash, cut - a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
trench - any long ditch cut in the ground
2.furrow - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line - a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes
dermatoglyphic - the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet)
frown line - a facial wrinkle associated with frowning
life line, lifeline, line of life - a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live
heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line - a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature
line of destiny, line of fate, line of Saturn - a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be
Verb1.furrow - hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
2.furrow - make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow"
fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
3.furrow - cut a furrow into a columns
cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
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furrow

noun
1. groove, line, channel, hollow, trench, seam, crease, fluting, rut, corrugation Bike trails crisscrossed the grassy furrows.
2. wrinkle, line, crease, crinkle, crow's-foot, gather, fold, crumple, rumple, pucker, corrugation Deep furrows marked the corner of his mouth.
verb
1. wrinkle, knit, draw together, crease, seam, flute, corrugate My bank manager furrowed his brow.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

furrow

noun
An indentation or seam on the skin, especially on the face:
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Translations
تَجَعُّد في الوَجْه، تَغَضُّنثَلْميَتَجَعَّد، يَتَغَضَّن
solc
brázdasvraštitvráska
plovfurerynke
juonneuurreuurtaa
brazda
barázdabarázdál
hrukkaplógfar
sulcus
išvagotasišvagoti
vagavagotgrumbapārklāt ar grumbām
brazdărid
brázdazvraštiť
brazda
karıkkırışıklıkkırıştırmaksaban izi

furrow

[ˈfʌrəʊ]
A. N (Agr) → surco m; (on forehead) → arruga f
to plough a lonely furrowser el único en estudiar algo
B. VT [+ forehead] → arrugar
C. VIarrugarse
his brow furrowedfrunció el ceño
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

furrow

[ˈfʌrəʊ]
n
(in field)sillon m
(in skin)ride f
vt [+ forehead, brow] → froncer
vi [forehead, brow] → se rider
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

furrow

n (Agr) → Furche f; (Hort: for flowers etc) → Rinne f; (on brow) → Runzel f; (on sea) → Furche f
vt fieldpflügen; browrunzeln; (worries etc)furchen; (boats) seaFurchen ziehen in (+dat); the old man’s furrowed browdie zerfurchte Stirn des alten Mannes
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

furrow

[ˈfʌrəʊ]
1. n (Agr) → solco; (on forehead) → solco, ruga
2. vt (forehead, brow) → segnare di rughe, solcare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

furrow

(ˈfarəu) , ((American) ˈfə:-) noun
1. a line cut into the earth by a plough. The farmer planted potatoes in the furrows.
2. a line in the skin of the face; a wrinkle. The furrows in her forehead made her look older.
verb
to make furrows in. Her face was furrowed with worry.
ˈfurrowed adjective
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

fur·row

n. surco;
atrioventricular ______ atrioventricular;
digital ______ digital;
gluteal ______ gluteal.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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This versatile tool accepts multiple quick-change attachments, such as a furrower, a cultivator, a hiller, and multiple weeding blade assemblies.
Mobilized soil area did not differ between treatments, which was already expected because this parameter is an effect of the action of the furrower, which turns the soil before the press wheels pass, and is not interfered by the mechanism evaluated.
The preparation of the area was realized by the conventional method, using disc plows, with two leveling operations aiming the standardization of the area, with use of leveling harrow and grooving by furrower of rows, adopting groove depth of 10 cm and space of 50 cm between rows.
Lastly, the counterpart of the furrower functions to cover the seeds with soil.
After determining used soil specifications (Table 1), mentioned experimental part was ploughed deeply in fall and it was ploughed with middle depth in spring and then vertical disk was performed twice and after leveling plant lines with distance of 75 centimeter in earth by Furrower. Two blank lines were considered between two treatments for lack of mixing irrigation water of treatments with each other and for lack of water mixing of every repetition with next repetition, two streams should be considered that one of them is high importance In order to evacuate extra water and the other one is prepared to next repetition.
The ripper furrower method is a Conservation Tillage technique within the wider scope of CA.
TODAY: Cheer on your favourite furrower at a ploughing match on Mossgiel Farm in Mauchline, Ayr, once home to Robert Burns.