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backfurrowed

backfurrowed is the simple past and past participle of backfurrow.

Meaning of backfurrow

Verb

backfurrow (third-person singular simple present backfurrows, present participle backfurrowing, simple past and past participle backfurrowed)

  1. To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
    • Before planting, an attempt was made to list the ground, the land being ridged with an ordinary walking plow by backfurrowing.1923, Jenkin William Jones, Rice Experiments at the Biggs Rice Field Station in California, page 56

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Questions about backfurrowed

What is backfurrowed the simple past and past participle of?
Backfurrowed is the simple past and past participle of backfurrow.

Words near backfurrowed in the dictionary

  1. backforming
  2. backforms
  3. backfriend
  4. backfriends
  5. backfurrow
  6. backfurrowed
  7. backfurrowing
  8. backfurrows
  9. backgain
  10. backgains
  11. backgame

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