furrowed
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fur·row
(fûr′ō, fŭr′ō)n.
1. A long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.
2. A rut, groove, or narrow depression: snow drifting in furrows.
3. A deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead.
v. fur·rowed, fur·row·ing, fur·rows
v.tr.
1. To make long, narrow, shallow trenches in; plow.
2. To form grooves or deep wrinkles in.
v.intr.
To become furrowed or wrinkled.
[Middle English forwe, from Old English furh.]
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| Adj. | 1. | furrowed - having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile" unfurrowed - not marked with shallow depressions or furrows; "an unfurrowed field"; "unfurrowed cheeks" |
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Translations
مُقَطَّب الجَبين
vrásčitýzbrázděný
barázdás
hrukkaîur; plægîur
zvráskavený
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furrowed
[ˈfʌrəʊd] adj → corrucciato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
furrow
(ˈfarəu) , ((American) ˈfə:-) noun1. a line cut into the earth by a plough. The farmer planted potatoes in the furrows.
2. a line in the skin of the face; a wrinkle. The furrows in her forehead made her look older.
verb to make furrows in. Her face was furrowed with worry.
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