to furrow
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6.0
- verb
- /ˈfɜːroʊ/
:
surcar
- Farmers often furrow the soil to prepare it for planting seeds.
- furrow a field
- furrow the soil
- furrow the surface
Examples
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She used a tool to furrow the ground, creating neat rows for the vegetables.
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The light envelops the earth and every object, the gentle hills along the river and last year's foliage, dusty fields too; they see a flock of chickens behind chicken wire; the sandy soil is furrowed, barren, rough, like a military training ground.
Fiction book (2002) -
So we're putting our furrow right in line with our steaks.
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He walked with two fingers through the furrowed sand, then redrew the lines with his forefinger.
Fiction book (1998) -
Moustique helped himself up the rise with one hand furrowing the crumbling earth, then straightened in a clearing of packed clay.
Fiction book (2000) -
Runoff from the ridge top furrowed the slope, and boulders and fallen trees clumped in hurdles.
Fiction book (2000) -
The gardener furrows the earth carefully to ensure that rainwater can be absorbed.
Synonyms
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9.1
To cut a narrow groove into a wall or other surface
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3.5
To make a long narrow hole in the ground for pipes or to carry water away
2
5.1
To make a long narrow cut or channel in a surface
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7.5
To make a long narrow groove in the ground
To cut deep into a surface to make patterns or letters
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A farming tool with two curved blades that turns over two long rows of soil at once
- Specialized
A plow that turns over two or more rows of soil at the same time
- Specialized
A farming tool with two blades that turns over soil when pulled by a tractor
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Furrow comes from an old English word furh meaning 'a line made by a plow'. Think of a plow cutting a long, narrow groove in the soil, so to furrow is to make that kind of groove in the ground.