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unfurrowing

unfurrowing is the present participle and gerund of unfurrow.

Meaning of unfurrow

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

Questions about unfurrowing

What is unfurrowing the present participle and gerund of?
Unfurrowing is the present participle and gerund of unfurrow.

Words near unfurrowing in the dictionary

  1. unfurred
  2. unfurring
  3. unfurrow
  4. unfurrowable
  5. unfurrowed
  6. unfurrowing
  7. unfurrows
  8. unfurry
  9. unfurs
  10. unfurthersome
  11. unfurtive

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