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unfurrow

unfurrow verb: to remove the furrows from.

Verb

unfurrow (third-person singular simple present unfurrows, present participle unfurrowing, simple past and past participle unfurrowed)

  1. (transitive) To remove the furrows from.
  2. (intransitive) To clear itself of furrows.
    • He grunted and murmured, until his face calmed, the eyelids smoothing into slumber, the brows unfurrowing.2009 June 28, David Gates, “The Postmodern Me”, in New York Times

Forms of unfurrow

third-person singular presentunfurrows
present participleunfurrowing
past participleunfurrowed
pastunfurrowed

Origin of unfurrow

From un- + furrow.

Questions about unfurrow

What does unfurrow mean?
Unfurrow means to remove the furrows from.
What part of speech is unfurrow?
Unfurrow is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfurrow?
The past tense of unfurrow is unfurrowed.

Words near unfurrow in the dictionary

  1. unfurnishing
  2. unfurnisht
  3. unfurnitured
  4. unfurred
  5. unfurring
  6. unfurrow
  7. unfurrowable
  8. unfurrowed
  9. unfurrowing
  10. unfurrows
  11. unfurry

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