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单词 furrow
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furrow

[ fur-oh, fuhr-oh ]
/ ˈfɜr oʊ, ˈfʌr oʊ /
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noun

a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface: the furrows of a wrinkled face.

verb (used with object)

to make a furrow or furrows in.
to make wrinkles in (the face): to furrow one's brow.

verb (used without object)

to become furrowed.

Origin of furrow

before 900; Middle English forwe, furgh,Old English furh; cognate with Old Frisian furch,Old High German fur(u)h (German Furche), Latin porca ridge between furrows

OTHER WORDS FROM furrow

Words nearby furrow

furrier, furriery, furriner, furring, furring strip, furrow, furrowed tongue, furry, fur seal, Fur Seal Islands, furshlugginer
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British Dictionary definitions for furrow

furrow
/ (ˈfʌrəʊ) /

noun

a long narrow trench made in the ground by a plough or a trench resembling this
any long deep groove, esp a deep wrinkle on the forehead

verb

to develop or cause to develop furrows or wrinkles
to make a furrow or furrows in (land)

Derived forms of furrow

furrower, nounfurrowless, adjectivefurrow-like or furrowy, adjective

Word Origin for furrow

Old English furh; related to Old Frisian furch, Old Norse for, Old High German furuh furrow, Latin porca ridge between furrows
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for furrow

furrow
[ fûrō ]

n.

A rut, groove, or narrow depression.
A deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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