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# furrowed

adjective; verb form (furrow, furrows, furrowed, furrowing)

«furrowed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Of a field: having long, narrow trenches cut by a plough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furrowed/#m1)
2. Of a forehead or brow: wrinkled with deep lines, showing worry, anger or hard thinking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furrowed/#m2)

### In the lessons

Sense 1 is a farming and geography word: a ploughed field is furrowed, ready for seeds. Sense 2 is a story word: «a furrowed brow» or «he furrowed his brow» shows a character puzzling or worrying; Badger often looks thoughtful with a furrowed brow.

### Examples

- The tractor left the field neatly furrowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furrowed/#x1)
- Seeds were dropped into the furrowed soil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furrowed/#x2)
- Grandpa's furrowed brow showed he was worried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furrowed/#x3)
- She furrowed her brow over the difficult sum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furrowed/#x4)
- Badger furrowed his brow and thought about how to save Toad Hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furrowed/#x5)
- The old farmer's face was furrowed with age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furrowed/#x6)
- The waves made furrows in the sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furrowed/#x7)

### Note

From the noun «furrow» (a long groove in a field, or a deep wrinkle). Common phrase: «a furrowed brow». Similar words for faces: frown, wrinkled, knitted (knitted brows).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «furrowed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furrowed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«furrowed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furrowed.html) on Mova free.