furrow
verb/ˈfʌrəʊ/
/ˈfɜːrəʊ/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they furrow | /ˈfʌrəʊ/ /ˈfɜːrəʊ/ |
| he / she / it furrows | /ˈfʌrəʊz/ /ˈfɜːrəʊz/ |
| past simple furrowed | /ˈfʌrəʊd/ /ˈfɜːrəʊd/ |
| past participle furrowed | /ˈfʌrəʊd/ /ˈfɜːrəʊd/ |
| -ing form furrowing | /ˈfʌrəʊɪŋ/ /ˈfɜːrəʊɪŋ/ |
- furrow (something) if your brows or eyebrows furrow or are furrowed, you pull them together, usually because you are worried, and so produce lines on your faceWord OriginOld English furh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voor and German Furche, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin porca ‘ridge between furrows’.
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