FURROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does furrow mean? 

• FURROW (noun)
  The noun FURROW has 2 senses:

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

2. a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

  Familiarity information: FURROW used as a noun is rare.

• FURROW (verb)
  The verb FURROW has 3 senses:

1. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

2. make wrinkled or creased

3. cut a furrow into a columns

  Familiarity information: FURROW used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FURROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("furrow" is a kind of...):

trench (any long ditch cut in the ground)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "furrow"):

cut; gash (a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation)

Derivation:

furrow (hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

crease; crinkle; furrow; line; seam; wrinkle

Context example:

ironing gets rid of most wrinkles

Hypernyms ("furrow" is a kind of...):

depression; impression; imprint (a concavity in a surface produced by pressing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "furrow"):

crow's feet; crow's foot; laugh line (a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes)

dermatoglyphic (the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet))

frown line (a facial wrinkle associated with frowning)

life line; lifeline; line of life (a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live)

heart line; line of heart; love line; mensal line (a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature)

line of destiny; line of fate; line of Saturn (a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be)

Holonyms ("furrow" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

Derivation:

furrow (make wrinkled or creased)

• FURROW (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they furrow    ... he / she / it furrows   
Past simple: furrowed   
Past participle: furrowed   
-ing form: furrowing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

furrow; groove; rut

Context example:

furrow soil

Hypernyms (to "furrow" is one way to...):

cut into; delve; dig; turn over (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

furrow (a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make wrinkled or creased

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

crease; furrow; wrinkle

Context example:

furrow one's brow

Hypernyms (to "furrow" is one way to...):

fold; fold up; turn up (bend or lay so that one part covers the other)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

furrow (a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cut a furrow into a columns

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

chamfer; chase; furrow

Hypernyms (to "furrow" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

The anterior portion of a deep fissure or furrow on the medial surface of the cerebral cortex.

(Anterior Part of the Calcarine Fissure, NCI Thesaurus)

The broad head has a slight furrow down the middle.

(Bernese Mountain Dog, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) Behavior at interview; fidgeting, restlessness or pacing, tremor of hands, furrowed brow, strained face, sighing or rapid respiration, facial pallor, swallowing, etc.

(HAMA - Behavior at Interview, NCI Thesaurus)

There’s the varnish, too, like earth on each side of a furrow.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But Tom ran about amongst the furrows, and at last slipped into an old mouse-hole.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

It is ophthalmologically significant in that it appears on the outer surface of the eyeball as a slight furrow, marking the line between the clear cornea and the sclera.

(Corneoscleral Limbus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This, sir, was purple: the lips were swelled and dark; the brow furrowed: the black eyebrows widely raised over the bloodshot eyes.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

His eyebrows were tufted and overhanging, which gave those naturally cold eyes an almost ferocious aspect, an impression which was increased by his strong and furrowed brow.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This allele, which encodes actin-binding protein anillin, plays a role in cleavage furrow dynamics.

(ANLN wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in both the structural integrity and completion of the cleavage furrow.

(Actin-Binding Protein Anillin, NCI Thesaurus)