furrow
Meaning
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- A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
- Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
- A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
Synonyms
wheel track
chip at
wrinkle up
room with ridged roof
curly grain
line of fate
cleave I.
plough furrow
ploughed furrow
polw groove
ditch irrigation
crumple pattern
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfʌɹoʊ/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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