Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun furrow

2 senses of furrow

Sense 1
furrow -- (a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow))
       => trench -- (any long ditch cut in the ground)

Sense 2
wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line -- (a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles")
       => depression, impression, imprint -- (a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb furrow

3 senses of furrow

Sense 1
furrow, rut, groove -- (hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil")
       => dig, delve, cut into, turn over -- (turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration")

Sense 2
furrow, wrinkle, crease -- (make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow")
       => fold, fold up, turn up -- (bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar")

Sense 3
furrow, chamfer, chase -- (cut a furrow into a columns)
       => cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")

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