FURROWED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does furrowed mean? 

• FURROWED (adjective)
  The adjective FURROWED has 1 sense:

1. having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

  Familiarity information: FURROWED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FURROWED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

Synonyms:

furrowed; rugged

Context example:

his furrowed face lit by a warming smile

Similar:

canaliculate (having thin parallel channels)

corrugated (shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges)

rutted; rutty (full of ruts)

Antonym:

unfurrowed (not marked with shallow depressions or furrows)

 Context examples 

Sometimes he was making progress and whistled and sang at his work; sometimes he was puzzled, and would sit for long spells with a furrowed brow and a vacant eye.

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

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)

A rare syndrome characterized by recurrent facial nerve paralysis, edema of the lips and face, and furrowed tongue.

(Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

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, 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)

She had Roman features and a double chin, disappearing into a throat like a pillar: these features appeared to me not only inflated and darkened, but even furrowed with pride; and the chin was sustained by the same principle, in a position of almost preternatural erectness.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)