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furrow
English
Etymology
From Middle English furgh, forow, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs (compare Saterland Frisian Fuurge, Dutch voor, German Furche, Swedish fåra, Norwegian Bokmål fure), from Proto-Indo-European *per?- (“to dig”).
Compare Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Latin porca (“ridge, balk”), Lithuanian prapar?šas (“ditch”), Sanskrit ?????? (pár??na, “chasm”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??o?/, /?f?o?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f????/
- (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- Rhymes: -????
Noun
furrow (plural furrows)
- A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
- Don't walk across that deep furrow in the field.
- Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
- A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
- When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.
Derived terms
- furrowless
- furrowlike
- furrowy
Translations
Verb
furrow (third-person singular simple present furrows, present participle furrowing, simple past and past participle furrowed)
- (transitive) To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
- (transitive) To wrinkle.
- (transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
- Synonym: frown
Derived terms
- furrower
- furrowing
- unfurrow
- unfurrowed
Translations
See also
- plough a lonely furrow
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corrugate
English
Etymology
From Latin corr?g? (“I wrinkle; I corrugate”), from con- + r?ga (“furrow”). Compare Spanish acurrucar (“to snuggle; to curl up because of the cold; to huddle”).
Verb
corrugate (third-person singular simple present corrugates, present participle corrugating, simple past and past participle corrugated)
- (of the skin) To wrinkle.
- To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges.
Derived terms
- corrugated
Translations
Adjective
corrugate (comparative more corrugate, superlative most corrugate)
- (obsolete) corrugated; wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed
Italian
Verb
corrugate
- second-person plural present indicative of corrugare
- second-person plural imperative of corrugare
- feminine plural of corrugato
Latin
Verb
corr?g?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of corr?g?
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