Furrowed

Furrowed
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. [1913 Webster]

2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles. [1913 Webster]

Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. --Byron. [1913 Webster]


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  • furrowed — furrowed; un·furrowed; …   English syllables

  • furrowed — fur|rowed [ fɜroud ] adjective covered with deep lines: a furrowed brow a tree with furrowed bark …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • furrowed — UK [ˈfʌrəʊd] / US [ˈfɜroʊd] adjective covered with deep lines a furrowed brow a tree with furrowed bark …   English dictionary

  • furrowed — adjective having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface furrowed fields his furrowed face lit by a warming smile • Syn: ↑rugged • Ant: ↑unfurrowed • Similar to: ↑ca …   Useful english dictionary

  • furrowed — adj. Furrowed is used with these nouns: ↑brow, ↑forehead …   Collocations dictionary

  • furrowed — Synonyms and related words: canaliculate, canaliculated, carved, chamfered, channeled, cockled, cockly, corduroy, corduroyed, corrugate, corrugated, costate, creased, crimped, crimpy, crinkled, crinkly, crumpled, cut, dadoed, enchased, engraved,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • furrowed — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. grooved, ribbed, channeled; see corrugated …   English dictionary for students

  • furrowed — adj. grooved, having furrows; wrinkled fur·row || fÉœrəʊ / fÊŒ n. row, ditch; fold; wrinkle v. plow furrows; make grooves; make wrinkles (in the face); be wrinkled …   English contemporary dictionary

  • furrowed — adj 1. plowed, harrowed, grooved; fluted, ribbed, striated, corrugated; sulcate, channeled, rutted, vermiculate; caniculate, canaliculate, bisul cous, trisulcate. 2. wrinkled, creased, rumpled, rimpled, crinkled, knitted …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • furrowed —    Au auwaha, wa awa a, wa awa ahia, āwa awa a, ōwahawaha, kāwaha, māio, ānuhenuhe, mākuakua …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

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