fur´row|less

fur´row|less
fur|row «FUR oh», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a long, narrow groove or track cut in the ground by a plow.
2. any long, narrow groove or track: »

the furrows between waves of the sea. Heavy trucks made deep furrows in the muddy road.

3. Figurative. a wrinkle: »

a furrow in one's brow.

4. Archaic. a) arable land. b) a piece of plowed land. c) a field or fields.
–v.t.
1. to cut furrows in; plow.
2. to make furrows in: »

Figurative. Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears (Byron).

3. Figurative. to make wrinkles in; wrinkle: »

The old man's face was furrowed with age.

4. Figurative. to cleave (as the sea): »

to furrow large space of stormy seas (Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey).

–v.i.
to make a furrow or furrows.
╂[Old English furh]
–fur´row|er, noun.
–fur´row|less, adjective.

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