furrownoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfʌr.əʊ/us/ˈfɝː.oʊ/a long line or hollow that is formed or cut into the surface of something:
A deep furrow has formed in the rock, where water has run over it for centuries.
Years of anxiety have lined her brow with deep furrows.
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Geography: caves, cracks & crevices
- cave
- cavern
- chasm
- chimney
- cleft
- crack
- crater
- gouge
- gulf
- hole
- honeycomb
- pit
- pore
- pothole
- rut
- speleologist
- speleology
- stalactite
- stalagmite
- the San Andreas Fault
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furrowverb [ T ]
uk/ˈfʌr.əʊ/us/ˈfɝː.oʊ/to form or cut a long line or hollow in the surface of something:
The wheels of the heavy tractor furrowed the soft ground.
The pain of the headache made him furrow his brow (= make lines in the skin above his eyes).
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Grimacing and frowning
- cloud
- eye
- eyebrow
- face
- frown
- furrowed
- glower
- grimace
- if looks could kill... idiom
- look
- pout
- raise your eyebrows idiom
- resting bitch face
- roll
- roll your eyes idiom
- sb's face falls idiom
- scrunch
- wince
- withering
- wrinkle
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