furrow

Everyday

1. A long narrow groove cut into the soil by a plough. tree →
2. A deep line or wrinkle on the skin, especially the forehead. tree →
3. (verb) To make lines on your forehead by frowning: «He furrowed his brow.» tree →
4. (verb) To plough a field into grooves. tree →
5. A furrow can also be any long, shallow groove in a surface, such as the groove along an animal's horn. tree →

In the lessons

In farming and history lessons fields are ploughed into straight furrows for planting seeds. In stories, a furrowed brow shows a character is worried or thinking hard. Proverb: «to plough a lonely furrow» means to work alone without help.

Examples

• The farmer ploughed long straight furrows across the field. tree →
• Seeds were dropped into the furrows. tree →
• Gulls followed the plough to eat worms from the furrows. tree →
• She furrowed her brow over the hard sum. tree →
• Deep furrows lined the old man's face. tree →
• The Mole saw the furrows of the brown fields from the bank. tree →
• It has one horn about a cubit long which is solid, but has a furrow from the base to the tip. tree →

Note

Rhymes with «borrow». Regular verb: furrowed. Do not confuse with «burrow» (an animal's hole) or «ferret».

In Jewish tradition

Here it means a groove in a ploughed field. In the primary lessons: In farming and history lessons fields are ploughed into straight furrows for planting seeds. In stories, a furrowed brow shows a character is worried or thinking hard. Proverb: «to plough a lonely furrow» means to work alone without help.

Examples

• Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? (Writings JOB.39.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. (Writings PSA.129.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together; (Writings JOB.31.38, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Rhymes with «borrow». Regular verb: furrowed. Do not confuse with «burrow» (an animal's hole) or «ferret».