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