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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow);

2. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface;
- Example: "his face has many lines"
- Example: "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
[syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line]


VERB (3)

1. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove;
- Example: "furrow soil"
[syn: furrow, rut, groove]

2. make wrinkled or creased;
- Example: "furrow one's brow"
[syn: furrow, wrinkle, crease]

3. cut a furrow into a columns;
[syn: furrow, chamfer, chase]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Furrow \Fur"row\, n. [OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS. furh; akin to D. voor, OHG. furuh, G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw. f?ra, Icel. for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows.] 1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow. [1913 Webster] 2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. [1913 Webster] Farrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land. --Shak. To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Furrow \Fur"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Furrowing.] [From Furrow, n.; cf. AS. fyrian.] 1. To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles. [1913 Webster] Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

furrow n 1: a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) 2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line] v 1: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: furrow, rut, groove] 2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: furrow, wrinkle, crease] 3: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: furrow, chamfer, chase]