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Meanings of furrow in English

Portuguese
sulco
Catalan
solc
Spanish
surco
Wikidata

Linear depression in the soil of a field, cut with a plough or hoe.

        sulco
        Portuguese
        ruga
        Catalan
        solc
        Spanish
        arruga

        A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface.

              ruga
              Spanish
              estriar

              Cut a furrow into a columns.

                    estriar

                    Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove.

                          Synonyms
                          Examples for "chase"
                          Examples for "chase"
                          1
                          Navan's chase course has been deemed unraceable following an early morning inspection.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          The chase was long and hot; but the end was in sight.
                          On the Firing Line
                          3
                          The place for the strong-limbed is in the thick of the chase.
                          The Soldier of the Valley
                          4
                          The left fork would almost certainly lead him on a wild-goose chase.
                          Tough customer: a novel
                          5
                          My advice: Don't chase what maybe seems to be an easy solution.
                          Reuters
                          1
                          Anterior and posterior chamfer cuts must avoid these ligaments as well.
                          Pubmed
                          2
                          The bow's head is shaped with a woodcarver's knife, and its chamfer likewise.
                          The Guardian
                          3
                          The white version has a silver rear and chamfer; the black is all black.
                          Wired
                          4
                          Either chamfer or round the upper ends as desired.
                          Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 3
                          5
                          There is also the continuous chamfer course that ran along the walls above the heads of these aisle windows.
                          Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) / A...
                          Usage of furrow in English
                          1
                          The grain is in the furrow, the harvest will certainly be fine.
                          Notre-Dame de Paris
                          2
                          Evenness in depth and width of furrow is seen in good plowing.
                          Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement
                          3
                          These had not made fertile furrow for lucid thought about my future.
                          Caleb's crossing
                          4
                          What I sow, I sow in a field and in a furrow.
                          The Real Adventure
                          5
                          She bit her lip, and the furrow reappeared in the white brow.
                          Sir George Tressady — Volume II
                          6
                          A long, glittering, white furrow followed in the wake of the steamer.
                          The Coming Conquest of England
                          7
                          Then with my cultivator I loosen up the bottom of the furrow.
                          Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
                          8
                          His wishes never led him astray from the hay-stack and the furrow.
                          Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (A Fragment)
                          9
                          The Emperor stared at me and the furrow reappeared between his eyes.
                          The Man with the Clubfoot
                          10
                          The solitary grain dropped into the furrow brings forth a waving harvest.
                          Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
                          11
                          A knight came riding up through the furrow, weaving among the monsters.
                          Wizardborn
                          12
                          They began to walk together through the reavers, down among the furrow.
                          Wizardborn
                          13
                          Albert ploughed a furrow straight along the line and ploughed back again.
                          The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
                          14
                          The spiral furrow left by the reptile's curves is the favorite spot.
                          The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
                          15
                          A furrow had been plowed through his scalp down to the bone.
                          Desert Gold
                          16
                          He indicated a shallow furrow a foot or two outside the groove.
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                          Translations for furrow
                          Portuguese
                          sulcoruga
                          Catalan
                          solcarruga
                          Furrow through the time
                          Furrow across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common