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furrowed

furrowed is the simple past and past participle of furrow.

Meaning of furrow

Verb

furrow (third-person singular simple present furrows, present participle furrowing, simple past and past participle furrowed)

  1. (transitive) To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
    • Cart wheels can furrow roads.
  2. (transitive) To wrinkle.
  3. (transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
    • As she pored over the company's bewildering tax documents, she furrowed her brows, wrinkled her nose, and began to frown her befuddlement.
    Synonyms:
    frown
  4. (intransitive) to become furrowed
    • If you were bold enough to ask Antonin Scalia questions, you had to be precise. Otherwise the bushy black brows would furrow, the chin would crumple and the pudgy, puckish body would start to rock, eager to get at you.2016 February 20, “Obituary: Antonin Scalia: Always Right”, in The Economist

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Adjective

furrowed (comparative more furrowed, superlative most furrowed)

  1. Marked with furrows.
    • While the ploughman near at hand,
      Whistles o'er the furrow'd land,
      And the milkmaid singeth blithe,
      And the mower whets his scythe,
      And every shepherd tells his tale
      Under the hawthorn in the dale.1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
    • Rasmus was a tall, powerful man, with a weather-beaten, furrowed face of a good-natured expression.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 181

Forms of furrowed

comparativemore furrowed
superlativemost furrowed

Words formed from furrowed

Questions about furrowed

What does furrowed mean?
Furrowed means marked with furrows.
What is furrowed the simple past and past participle of?
Furrowed is the simple past and past participle of furrow.
What part of speech is furrowed?
Furrowed is an adjective.

Words near furrowed in the dictionary

  1. furring out
  2. furring up
  3. furrings
  4. furrow
  5. furrowable
  6. furrowed
  7. furrower
  8. furrowers
  9. furrowest
  10. furrowing
  11. furrowings

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