Definition of Furrow

Fur´row
n.1.A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.
2.Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.
Farrow weed
a weed which grows on plowed land.
To draw a straight furrow
to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty.
- Shak.
v. t.1.To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea.
[imp. & p. p. Furrowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Furrowing.]
2.To mark with channels or with wrinkles.
Thou canst help time to furrow me with age.
- Shak.


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