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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUR'ROW, n. [Gr. to plow.]
1. A trench in the earth made by a plow.
2. A long narrow trench or channel in wood or metal; a groove.
3. A hollow made by wrinkles in the face.
FUR'ROW, v.t.
1. To cut a furrow; to make furrows in; to plow.
2. To make long narrow channels or grooves in.
3. To cut; to make channels in; to plow; as, to furrow the deep.
4. To make hollows in by wrinkles. Sorrow furrows the brow.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
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" [syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line] v
1: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: furrow, rut, groove]
2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: furrow, wrinkle, crease]
3: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: furrow, chamfer, chase]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English furgh, forow, from Old English furh; akin to Old High German furuh furrow, Latin porca Date: before 12th century 1. a. a trench in the earth made by a plow b. plowed land ; field 2. something that resembles the track of a plow: as a. a marked narrow depression ; groove b. a deep wrinkle <furrows in his brow> II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb to make furrows, grooves, wrinkles, or lines in intransitive verb to make or form furrows, grooves, wrinkles, or lines

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a narrow trench made in the ground by a plough. 2 a rut, groove, or deep wrinkle. 3 a ship's track. --v.tr. 1 plough. 2 a make furrows, grooves, etc. in. b mark with wrinkles. Phrases and idioms: furrow-slice the slice of earth turned up by the mould-board of a plough. Derivatives: furrowless adj. furrowy adj. Etymology: OE furh f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Furrow Fur"row, n. [OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS. furh; akin to D. voor, OHG. furuh, G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw. f?ra, Icel. for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows.] 1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow. 2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. Farrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land. --Shak. To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. --Lowell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Furrow Fur"row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Furrowing.] [From Furrow, n.; cf. AS. fyrian.] 1. To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea. --Shak. 2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles. Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. --Shak. Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. --Byron.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(furrows, furrowing, furrowed) 1. A furrow is a long, thin line in the earth which a farmer makes in order to plant seeds or to allow water to flow along. N-COUNT 2. A furrow is a deep, fairly wide line in the surface of something. Dirt bike trails crisscrossed the grassy furrows. N-COUNT 3. A furrow is a deep fold or line in the skin of someone's face. ...the deep furrows that marked the corners of his mouth. = wrinkle N-COUNT 4. If someone furrows their brow or forehead or if it furrows, deep folds appear in it because the person is annoyed, unhappy, or confused. (WRITTEN) My bank manager furrowed his brow, fingered his calculator and finally pronounced 'Aha!'... Midge's forehead furrowed as she saw that several were drinking... Fatigue and stress quickly result in a dull complexion and a furrowed brow. = crease VERB: V n, V, V-ed 5. If you say that someone ploughs a particular furrow or ploughs their own furrow, you mean that their activities or interests are different or isolated from those of other people. (BRIT) The government is more than adept at ploughing its own diplomatic furrow. PHRASE: V inflects

Easton's Bible Dictionary

an opening in the ground made by the plough (Ps. 65:10; Hos. 10:4, 10).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

fur'-o (telem):

The word is translated "furrows" in Job 39:10; 31:38; Ps 65:10; Ho 10:4; 12:11 (Ps 65:10 the King James Version, "ridges"). In these passages the fields are pictured as they were in the springtime or late autumn. When the showers had softened the earth, the seed was sown and the soil turned over with the plow and left in furrows, not harrowed and pulverized as in our modern farming. The Syrian farmer today follows the custom of his ancient predecessors.

Another word, ma`anah, occurs in two passages, first in the figurative sense in Ps 129:3, and second in an obscure passage in 1Sa 14:14. Three other words, gedhudhah, `arughah, `ayin, translated "furrows" in the King James Version, are probably more properly rendered in the American Standard Revised Version "ridges" (Ps 65:10), "beds" (Eze 17:7,10), and "transgressions" (Ho 10:10).

See AGRICULTURE; PLOW.

James A. Patch

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Trench (made by a plough). 2. Channel, groove, hollow, fluting, chamfer. 3. Wrinkle, seam, line, rugosity. II. v. a. 1. Make furrows in, plough in furrows. 2. Hollow, cut in furrows, groove, channel, flute, chamfer. 3. Wrinkle, seam, pucker.

Moby Thesaurus

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