[ UK /fˈʌɹə‍ʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɝoʊ/ ]
VERB
  1. cut a furrow into a columns
  2. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
    furrow soil
  3. make wrinkled or creased
    furrow one's brow
NOUN
  1. a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)
  2. a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
    ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
    his face has many lines
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How To Use furrow In A Sentence

  • Across the upland above the cliff a ploughman drove leisurably forth and back, and always close behind his heels the earth was white with these birds inspecting the fresh-turned furrow. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
  • The birds spread across a rising slope of snow furrowed with ditches worn by thousands of penguin feet.
  • Her face was furrowed with impatience, and she looked, then, almost my own age, middle twenties, instead of like a full-time high-school cutter of classes.
  • Hoe drills, especially those with wider row spacing, can plant seed deeper because they can build a ridge and plant in the furrow.
  • The length of the acre, forty rods, has given rise to one of the familiar units of length, the furlong, that is, a "furrow-long," or the length of a furrow. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England
  • In-furrow inoculants were developed in part to keep inoculants away from chemically treated seed and are recommended when seed treatments are used.
  • The shallow planting resulted from the planter not adequately cutting through heavy corn and soybean residue and properly placing the seed in the furrow.
  • Previously they were left to lie fallow allowing rainwater to collect in the plough furrows.
  • These striations are minute furrows or depressed lines, and form one of the characters of the species, being much more prominent than on the cap of the ink-cap. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
  • The man's face is set in a displeased grimace, his brow furrowed in certain displeasure.
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