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furrowed adjective [ ˈfʌrəʊd ]

• (of land or earth) covered in long, narrow trenches formed by ploughing.
• "furrowed fields"
• (of the forehead or face) marked with lines or wrinkles.
• "he stroked his furrowed brow"

furrow verb

• make a rut, groove, or trail in (the ground or the surface of something).
• "gorges furrowing the deep-sea floor"
• (with reference to the forehead or face) mark or be marked with lines or wrinkles caused by frowning, anxiety, or concentration.
• "a look of concern furrowed his brow"
Similar: wrinkle, crease, line, crinkle, pucker, crumple, screw up, scrunch up, corrugate,
Opposite: smooth,
Origin: Old 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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