furrow

CEFRC2

/ˈfʌɹoʊ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A long narrow line or trench in the ground.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).

Examples

  • For a long time, every furrow that was turned revealed some fragments of the fight.

  • Make a furrow in the ground and sow the seeds.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈfʌɹəʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal.

  2. A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.

  3. A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.

More examples

In context

  • The plowing is according to the furrow; the harvest, rather at random.

  • Don't walk across that deep furrow in the field.

  • When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.

Synonyms

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The heavy plough made a deep straight blank in the wet soil.

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Origin

noun

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”).