furrow

1. 1.

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

   Broadertrench

   Narrowercut
2. 2.

   a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

   “his face has many lines”

   “ironing gets rid of most wrinkles”

   Synonymswrinklecreasecrinkleseamline

   Broaderdepression

   Narrowercrow's footdermatoglyphicfrown lineline of lifeline of heartline of fate

   Part ofskin

Other forms of furrow

plural

furrows·

past tense

furrowed·

present participle

furrowing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about furrow

What does furrow mean?

furrow means "hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in furrow?

furrow has 2 syllables: fur-row. The stress falls on "fur". In IPA it is /ˈfɝoʊ/.

What is another word for furrow?

Close synonyms include rut, groove, wrinkle, crease, chamfer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is furrow a common word?

furrow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.