furrow

Meaning

Noun

1. A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
3. A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
2. (transitive) To wrinkle.
3. (transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
4. (intransitive) to become furrowed

Synonyms

groove

wrinkle

rut

crease

line

channel

crinkle

cut

plough

corrugate

pucker

seam

trench

ditch

chase

slit

chamfer

crumple

wheel track

slot

stria

indentation

trough

fluting

rumple

gash

notch

rabbet

drain

ridge

gouge

rill

scratch

spline

stripe

tear

chip at

track

wake

welt

wrinkles

wrinkling

ruckle

cannelure

wrinkle up

room with ridged roof

curly grain

line of fate

cleave I.

plough furrow

Translations

sillon

surco

Furche

solco

sulco

ride

rider

voor

sillonner

groef

αυλάκι

rainure

vore

solc

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfʌɹoʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: furgh

Inherited from Old English: furh

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Fuurge

Cognate with Dutch: voor

Cognate with German: Furche

Cognate with Swedish: fåra

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: fure

Cognate with Welsh: rhych

Cognate with Latin: porca

Cognate with Lithuanian: prapar̃šas

Cognate with Sanskrit: पर्शान

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”).