From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
furrow
n 1: a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by
a plow)
2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his
face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
[syn: wrinkle, crease, crinkle, seam, line]
v 1: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
[syn: rut, groove]
2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn:
wrinkle, crease]
3: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: chamfer, chase]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Furrow \Fur"row\, n. [OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS. furh; akin to
D. voor, OHG. furuh, G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw. f?ra, Icel.
for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows.]
1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.
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2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a
wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.
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Farrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land. --Shak.
To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to
deviate from the right line of duty. --Lowell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Furrow \Fur"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furrowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Furrowing.] [From Furrow, n.; cf. AS. fyrian.]
1. To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to
furrow the ground or sea. --Shak.
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2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles.
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Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. --Shak.
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Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. --Byron.
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