furrow

UK: /ˈfʌrəʊd/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

fur•row /ˈfɜroʊ, ˈfʌroʊ/   n. [countable]

1. Agriculture a groove made in the ground, esp. by a plow.
2. a groovelike depression in any surface:
   the furrows of a wrinkled face.

v. 

3. to (cause to) have wrinkles in (the face): [~ + object]
   to furrow one's brow.
   [no object]
   His face furrowed in worry.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fur•row  (fûr′ō, fur′ō), n. 

1. Agriculture a narrow groove made in the ground, esp. by a plow.
2. a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface:
   the furrows of a wrinkled face.

v.t. 

3. to make a furrow or furrows in.
4. to make wrinkles in (the face):
   to furrow one's brow.

v.i. 

5. to become furrowed.

• bef. 900; Middle English forwe, furgh, Old English furh; cognate with Old Frisian furch, Old High German fur(u)h (German Furche), Latin porca ridge between furrows

fur′row•er, n. 
fur′row•less, adj. 
fur′row•like′, adj. 
fur′row•y, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

furrow / ˈfʌrəʊ/ noun

1. a long narrow trench made in the ground by a plough or a trench resembling this
2. any long deep groove, esp a deep wrinkle on the forehead

verb

1. to develop or cause to develop furrows or wrinkles
2. to make a furrow or furrows in (land)

Etymology: Old English furh; related to Old Frisian furch, Old Norse for, Old High German furuh furrow, Latin porca ridge between furrows

ˈfurrower noun

ˈfurrowless adjective

ˈfurrow-ˌlike, ˈfurrowy adjective