furrow
3
5.3
- noun
- /ˈfɜːroʊ/
:
surco
- Along each red furrow ran, like a small rosary, dark beads of dried blood.
- a shining furrow
- leave a shining furrow
Examples
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When she bent over her microscope, peering at the stained slide, the furrow deepened.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sometimes a thin furrow appeared where they had dragged the gun's barrel along the ground.
Fiction book (1993) -
I felt the dampness on my neck and in the furrow between my shoulder blades.
Academic text (2009) -
Her eye fell on the narrow furrow in the stone floor, and she followed it to a low-ceiling passageway.
Fiction book (1999) -
Willow branches drag so lazily in the river that they hardly cause furrows in the flow.
Fiction book (1996) -
Caleb knew the furrow that bisected his own forehead had grown dark and deep.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her brow lost its furrows, but not the thin lines like dried-up river beds.
Fiction book (1997) -
Although Carrie smiles weakly at "the usual," I notice a deepening furrow between her brows.
Fiction book (1993) -
His hair was retreating prematurely, exposing a forehead with furrows already deeply plowed.
Fiction book (2000) -
The farmer plowed the field, leaving several deep furrows for planting seeds.
Synonyms
105
3.5
A small fold that appears on skin or on other surfaces
77
1.0
A small fold in skin, cloth, or paper
27
1.5
A line made when cloth or paper is folded
9
6.5
A small wrinkle in cloth or on skin that makes a fold
6
3.9
A small fold or wrinkle on a surface
A small wrinkle in cloth that makes the surface uneven
Antonyms
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'. That image of a long, narrow line was used for small folds or depressions on any surface, so a small crease or groove can be called a furrow.