furrow

Plural: furrows

Noun

• a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)
• a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
• A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
• Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
• A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.

Verb

Verb Forms: furrowed, furrowing, furrows

• To make narrow depressions or wrinkles in a surface.
• hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
  • "furrow soil"
• make wrinkled or creased
  • "furrow one's brow"
• cut a furrow into a columns
• To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
• To wrinkle.
• To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
• to become furrowed

Examples

• As she pored over the company's bewildering tax documents, she furrowed her brows, wrinkled her nose, and began to frown her befuddlement.
• Cart wheels can furrow roads.
• Don't walk across that deep furrow in the field.
• He furrowed his brow, trying to find a high-scoring word among his difficult tiles.
• When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.

Synonyms

chamfer, chase, crease, crinkle, groove, line, rut, seam, wrinkle, frown

Anagrams of furrow