Furrow

//ˈfʌɹoʊ//

Synonyms for "furrow" (202 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (41)

wrinkle abysm abyss alveolation alveolus arroyo autolithograph be a printmaker bore box canyon breach break burrow canal canalize canyon carve cavity chamfer channel

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chap character chasm check chimney chink chisel cleave cleft cleuch clough cocker cockle col corrugate corrugation coulee couloir crack

Verb(2 words)

chamfer chase

Strong matches (60)

crankle cranny crease crevasse crevice cribble crimp crimple crinkle crosshatch crumple cut cut apart cwm dado defile dell delve dent dig

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dig out dike dimple dint ditch donga draw dredge drill drive enchase engrave engraving excavate excavation fault fissure flaw flume flute fold fosse fracture frown gap gape gash goffer gorge gouge gouge out grave groove grub gulch

Noun(2 words)

crease crinkle

Verb(3 words)

crease frown groove

Related words (101)

gulf gully gutter harrow hatch hole hollow honeycomb impress impression imprint incise incision indent indentation indention indenture inscribe joint kloof

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Noun(3 words)

line seam wrinkle

Verb(2 words)

rut wrinkle

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

12 entries

cut cut into delve depression dig fold fold up impression imprint trench turn over turn up

Synonyms

2 entries

frown wrinkle

derived

18 entries

backfurrow cleavage furrow dead furrow draw a straight furrow furrowable furrower furrowing furrowless furrowlike furrowy iliac furrow plough a lonely furrow plough one's own furrow underfurrow

Showing 16 of 18 words.

is a

5 entries

constructed route depression excavation hole long thin object trench

manner of

3 entries

cut dig fold

related to

9 entries

crop cut forehead groove make plough lonely furrow plow trench wrinkle

Translations

191 translations across 88 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

voor noun (trench cut in the soil)

Albanian

4 entries

brazdë noun (trench cut in the soil)
hulli noun (trench cut in the soil)
rrudhë noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
brazdoj verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

αὖλαξ noun (trench cut in the soil)

Arabic

4 entries

تْكميشة noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
ثَلْم noun (trench cut in the soil)
حرت noun (trench cut in the soil)
خط noun (trench cut in the soil)

Armenian

1 entries

ակոս noun (trench cut in the soil)

Aromanian

1 entries

arãm verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

qırış noun (trench cut in the soil)
şırım noun (trench cut in the soil)

Bashkir

1 entries

бураҙна noun (trench cut in the soil)

Belarusian

4 entries

баразна́ noun (trench cut in the soil)
баразна́ noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
маршчы́на noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
разо́ра noun (trench cut in the soil)

Breton

1 entries

ant noun (trench cut in the soil)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бразда́ noun (trench cut in the soil)
бръчка noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
браздя verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)
смръщвам се verb (to pull one's brows together)

Burmese

1 entries

ထွန်ကြောင်း noun (trench cut in the soil)

Catalan

4 entries

solc noun (trench cut in the soil)
acanalar verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)
arrufar verb (to pull one's brows together)
solcar verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

壟溝 /垄沟 noun (trench cut in the soil)
溝 /沟 noun (trench cut in the soil)
皺紋 /皱纹 noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

barazna noun (trench cut in the soil)

Czech

1 entries

brázda noun (trench cut in the soil)

Danish

2 entries

fure noun (trench cut in the soil)
plovfure noun (trench cut in the soil)

Dutch

4 entries

groef noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
voor noun (trench cut in the soil)
vore noun (trench cut in the soil)
doorploegen verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)

Esperanto

4 entries

sulko noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
tersulko noun (trench cut in the soil)
sulkigi verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)
sulkigi verb (to pull one's brows together)

Estonian

1 entries

vagu noun (trench cut in the soil)

Finnish

4 entries

juonne noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
kyntövako noun (trench cut in the soil)
uurre noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
vako noun (trench cut in the soil)

French

4 entries

ride noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
rigole noun (trench cut in the soil)
sillon noun (trench cut in the soil)
sillon noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)

Galician

4 entries

engurra noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
rego noun (trench cut in the soil)
suco noun (trench cut in the soil)
arregar verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)

Georgian

1 entries

კვალი noun (trench cut in the soil)

German

1 entries

Furche noun (trench cut in the soil)

Greek

1 entries

αυλάκι noun (trench cut in the soil)

Hebrew

1 entries

תֶּלֶם noun (trench cut in the soil)

Hindi

1 entries

कुंड noun (trench cut in the soil)

Hungarian

2 entries

barázda noun (trench cut in the soil)
barázda noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)

Ido

2 entries

sulko noun (trench cut in the soil)
sulkizar verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)

Ingrian

1 entries

vako noun (trench cut in the soil)

Irish

1 entries

clais noun (trench cut in the soil)

Italian

2 entries

ruga noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
solco noun (trench cut in the soil)

Japanese

2 entries

溝 noun (trench cut in the soil)
畝 noun (trench cut in the soil)

Kashubian

2 entries

barzda noun (trench cut in the soil)
brózda noun (trench cut in the soil)

Kazakh

2 entries

атыз noun (trench cut in the soil)
борозда noun (trench cut in the soil)

Korean

2 entries

고랑 noun (trench cut in the soil)
밭고랑 noun (trench cut in the soil)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

бороздо noun (trench cut in the soil)

Lao

3 entries

ຄອງ noun (trench cut in the soil)
ຮອຍໄຖ noun (trench cut in the soil)
ຮ່ອງ noun (trench cut in the soil)

Latgalian

1 entries

voga noun (trench cut in the soil)

Latin

1 entries

sulcus noun (trench cut in the soil)

Latvian

1 entries

vaga noun (trench cut in the soil)

Lezgi

1 entries

хвал noun (trench cut in the soil)

Lithuanian

1 entries

vaga noun (trench cut in the soil)

Livonian

1 entries

vag noun (trench cut in the soil)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

brozda noun (trench cut in the soil)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Fuer noun (trench cut in the soil)

Macedonian

2 entries

бр́чка noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
бра́зда noun (trench cut in the soil)

Malay

2 entries

alur noun (trench cut in the soil)
kerut noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)

Middle English

2 entries

forow noun (trench cut in the soil)
forow noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)

Mongolian

1 entries

шан noun (trench cut in the soil)

Māori

2 entries

awa noun (trench cut in the soil)
whakaawa verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)

Norman

1 entries

sîlyi verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)

Norwegian

4 entries

fure noun (trench cut in the soil)
fure noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
fòr noun (trench cut in the soil)
fòr noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

fure noun (trench cut in the soil)
plogfure noun (trench cut in the soil)

Occitan

1 entries

rega noun (trench cut in the soil)

Old Armenian

1 entries

ակօս noun (trench cut in the soil)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

бразда noun (trench cut in the soil)

Persian

1 entries

شیار noun (trench cut in the soil)

Polabian

1 entries

bordză noun (trench cut in the soil)

Polish

4 entries

bruzda noun (trench cut in the soil)
zmarszczka noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
marszczyć verb (to pull one's brows together)
zmarszczyć verb (to pull one's brows together)

Portuguese

4 entries

rego noun (trench cut in the soil)
ruga noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
sulco noun (trench cut in the soil)
sulco noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)

Quechua

3 entries

khata noun (trench cut in the soil)
suka noun (trench cut in the soil)
sukay verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)

Romanian

3 entries

brazdă noun (trench cut in the soil)
rid noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
brăzda verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)

Romansch

1 entries

sultg noun (trench cut in the soil)

Russian

4 entries

борозда́ noun (trench cut in the soil)
бразда́ noun (trench cut in the soil)
бороздить verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)
хмуриться verb (to pull one's brows together)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

clais noun (trench cut in the soil)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

brazda noun (trench cut in the soil)
bóra noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
бо́ра noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
бразда noun (trench cut in the soil)

Slovak

1 entries

brázda noun (trench cut in the soil)

Slovene

3 entries

brazda noun (trench cut in the soil)
(na)mrščiti verb (to pull one's brows together)
razbrazdati verb (to make one or more cuts or grooves in)

Spanish

4 entries

aladrada noun (trench cut in the soil)
arruga noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
besana noun (trench cut in the soil)
huacho noun (trench cut in the soil)

Swedish

4 entries

fåra noun (trench cut in the soil)
fåra noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
plogfåra noun (trench cut in the soil)
rynka noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)

Tabasaran

1 entries

хул noun (trench cut in the soil)

Tajik

1 entries

шияр noun (trench cut in the soil)

Tarifit

1 entries

tarya noun (trench cut in the soil)

Thai

1 entries

ร่อง noun (trench cut in the soil)

Turkish

3 entries

kırışık noun (trench cut in the soil)
kırışıklık noun (trench cut in the soil)
çizgi noun (trench cut in the soil)

Turkmen

1 entries

keşlemek noun (trench cut in the soil)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎚𐎍𐎎 noun (trench cut in the soil)

Ukrainian

1 entries

борозна́ noun (trench cut in the soil)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

brózda noun (trench cut in the soil)

Uzbek

2 entries

egat noun (trench cut in the soil)
joʻyak noun (trench cut in the soil)

Venetan

1 entries

solẑ noun (trench cut in the soil)

Vietnamese

2 entries

luống noun (trench cut in the soil)
rãnh noun (trench cut in the soil)

Vilamovian

1 entries

fiüch noun (trench cut in the soil)

Walloon

3 entries

pleu noun (deep wrinkle in the skin of the face)
roye noun (trench cut in the soil)
royon noun (trench cut in the soil)

Welsh

1 entries

rhych noun (trench cut in the soil)

West-Frisian

1 entries

fuorge noun (trench cut in the soil)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

For a long time, every furrow that was turned revealed some fragments of the fight.

Source: tatoeba (4049053)

The plowing is according to the furrow; the harvest, rather at random.

Source: tatoeba (9288064)

Make a furrow in the ground and sow the seeds.

Source: tatoeba (10613247)

"He had been 30 years, or whatever it was, plowing a lonely furrow and finding that, actually, what he was being confronted with were the small compromises — looking the other way, the small corruptions — and that he didn't get the test he wanted to get, so he had become quite disillusioned and quite aggressive," explains Gleeson.

Source: tatoeba (11114669)

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