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- [fur-oh, fuhr-oh]
- /ˈfɜr oʊ, ˈfʌr oʊ/
- /ˈfʌr.əʊd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fur-oh, fuhr-oh]
- /ˈfɜr oʊ, ˈfʌr oʊ/
Definitions of furrowed word
- noun furrowed a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow. 1
- noun furrowed a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface: the furrows of a wrinkled face. 1
- verb with object furrowed to make a furrow or furrows in. 1
- verb with object furrowed to make wrinkles in (the face): to furrow one's brow. 1
- verb without object furrowed to become furrowed. 1
- noun furrowed Simple past tense and past participle of furrow. 1
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Origin of furrowed
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English forwe, furgh, Old English furh; cognate with Old Frisian furch, Old High German fur(u)h (German Furche), Latin porca ridge between furrows
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Parts of speech for Furrowed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
furrowed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
furrowed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for furrowed
adj furrowed
verb furrowed
- nick — Old Nick.
- gouge — a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- perforate — to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
- indent — indentation
- scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
adjective furrowed
Antonyms for furrowed
adj furrowed
- flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- smooth — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- courteous — Someone who is courteous is polite and respectful to other people.
- facile — moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
verb furrowed
- bulge — If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
- flush — a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
- fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
adjective furrowed
- even — Flat and smooth.
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