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The synonyms of “Furrow” are: crease, crinkle, line, seam, wrinkle, groove, trench, rut, trough, ditch, channel, gutter, gouge, hollow, fissure, gash, track, crow's foot, cleft, indentation, corrugation, chamfer, chase, cultivate, till, work, harrow, ridge, break up, turn up, pucker, crumple, screw up, scrunch up, corrugate
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “furrow” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| channel | A service or station using a channel of frequencies. Possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores. |
| cleft | A long narrow opening. |
| corrugation | The act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves. |
| crease | A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface. Khaki trousers with knife edge creases. |
| crinkle | A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. There was a crinkle of suspicion on her forehead. |
| crow's foot | A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard. |
| ditch | A narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water. Their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch. |
| fissure | A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth. A fissure between philosophy and reality. |
| gouge | An impression in a surface (as made by a blow. |
| groove | A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process such as erosion or by a tool as e g a groove in a phonograph record. Her vocals drift delicately across a soaring soul groove. |
| gutter | A shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater. Men who had fought their way out of the gutter. |
| hollow | A depression hollowed out of solid matter. He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians. |
| indentation | The act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions. Coastal indentations. |
| line | Space for one line of print one column wide and 1 14 inch deep used to measure advertising. A nice line of shoes. |
| rut | A long, deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles. A stretch of road made impassable by ruts holes or waterlogging. |
| seam | An underground layer of a mineral such as coal or gold. The buried forests became seams of coal. |
| track | The soundtrack of a film or video. The CD contains early Elvis Presley tracks. |
| trench | A trench coat. Dig a trench around the perimeter of the fire. |
| trough | A hollow between two wave crests in the sea. Seasonal peaks and troughs in the demand for goods and services. |
| wrinkle | A slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face. They finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “furrow” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| break up | Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns. |
| chamfer | Cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel. A neat chamfered edge. |
| chase | Go after with the intent to catch. She chased him out of the house. |
| corrugate | Contract or cause to contract into wrinkles or folds. Corrugate iron. |
| crease | Cause a crease to appear temporarily in the face or its features typically as a result of the expression of an emotion or feeling. He sank into the chair careful not to crease his dinner jacket. |
| crinkle | Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. Rose s face crinkled in bewilderment. |
| crumple | Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. Her composure crumpled. |
| cultivate | Grow or maintain (living cells or tissue) in culture. Cultivate the land. |
| groove | Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove. The San Diego kicker grooved the winning field goal. |
| harrow | Draw a harrow over land. Todd could take it whereas I m harrowed by it. |
| line | Mark or cover with lines. Lined books are more enduring. |
| pucker | Draw together into folds or puckers. She puckered her lips. |
| ridge | Form into a ridge. A field ploughed in narrow stretches that are ridged up slightly. |
| rut | Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove. |
| screw up | Defeat someone through trickery or deceit. |
| scrunch up | Raise. |
| till | Work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation. Till the soil. |
| turn up | Become officially one year older. |
| work | Give a workout to. Do you want to work after the age of 60. |
| wrinkle | Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds pucker. The camera focuses on the wrinkled laughter lines around the man s eyes. |
| axon | The long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells. |
| bone | The calcified material of which bones consist. He hauled his tired bones upright. |
| brain | An electronic device with functions comparable to those of the human brain. A tiny alarm bell began to ring in her brain. |
| cell | The local area covered by one of the short range transmitters in a cellular telephone system. The cells of a honeycomb. |
| cerebral | Of or relating to the cerebrum or brain. Cerebral drama. |
| cerebrum | The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, located in the front area of the skull and consisting of two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. It is responsible for the integration of complex sensory and neural functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity in the body. |
| cortex | An outer layer of another organ or body part such as a kidney the renal cortex the cerebellum or a hair. |
| cortical | Relating to or forming an outer layer of tissue immediately below the epidermis of a stem or root. The outline of the kidney is irregular due to cortical scarring. |
| deep | Relatively deep or strong affecting one deeply. She took a deep breath. |
| delve | Turn up, loosen, or remove earth. The approach from the surface above had awed her so hugely delved were the tunnels. |
| dig | The act of digging. The book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover. |
| groove | A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process such as erosion or by a tool as e g a groove in a phonograph record. Groove a vinyl record. |
| harrow | Draw a harrow over land. They ploughed and harrowed the heavy clay. |
| lesion | A region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, or tumour. |
| necrosis | The death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply. |
| nerve | Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body. She nerved herself to enter the room. |
| neural | Of or relating to the nervous system. Neural network. |
| neuron | A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell. |
| parietal | Of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium. The parietal cortex. |
| passage | Subject a strain of microorganisms or cells to a passage. Each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively. |
| phloem | Tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes. |
| plow | Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil. Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week. |
| seed | Sow land with seeds. Mulches encourage many plants to seed freely. |
| sensorimotor | (of nerves or their actions) having or involving both sensory and motor functions or pathways. |
| shovel | A machine or part of a machine having a shape or function similar to that of a shovel. He shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long. |
| skull | Hit (someone) on the head. He broke his collar bone and fractured his skull. |
| synapse | A junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter. Nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters. |
| therein | (formal) in or into that thing or place. They can read therein what our plans are. |
| tumor | An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose. |
| vascular | Relating to, affecting, or consisting of a vessel or vessels, especially those which carry blood. The vascular system. |
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