Furrowing - English meaning

ˈfʌr.əʊ

Furrowing – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Make a rut, groove, or trail in (the ground or the surface of something).
Usage examples:
Gorges furrowing the deep-sea floor
verb
(with reference to the forehead or face) mark or be marked with lines or wrinkles caused by frowning, anxiety, or concentration.
Usage examples:
A look of concern furrowed his brow
Synonims:
Wrinkle Crease Line Crinkle Pucker Crumple Screw up Scrunch up Corrugate

noun
A long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough, especially for planting seeds or irrigation.
Usage examples:
Regular furrows in a ploughed field

noun
A line or wrinkle on a person's face.
Usage examples:
There were deep furrows in his brow

verb
Present participle of furrow
Usage examples:
The wheels of the heavy tractor furrowed the soft ground., the pain of the headache made him furrow…

Furrowing translation into English

Furrowing: translate from English into Chinese

开沟, 犁, 弄绉

Furrowing: translate from English into Dutch

Fronsend, Groeven, Doorploegen, Rimpelen

Furrowing: translate from English into French

Sillonner, Labourer, Rider, Se rider, Faire sillonner

Furrowing: translate from English into German

Furchend, Furchen, Pflügen, Runzeln

Furrowing: translate from English into Hindi

फररोइंग, हल जोतना, हल चलाना, लीक बनाना

Furrowing: translate from English into Italian

Solcando, Solcare

Furrowing: translate from English into Korean

고랑, 이랑을 짓다, 헤치고 나아가다, ...에 주름살지게 하다, 주름살이 지다

Furrowing: translate from English into Russian

Борозды, Бороздить, Пахать, Избороздить, Покрывать морщинами

Furrowing: translate from English into Spanish

Surcando, Surcar, Arrugarse, Arrugar, Surcarse

Word origin

Old English furh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voor and German Furche, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin porca ‘ridge between furrows’.

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Furrowing – similar words

furrowed

adjective
(of land or earth) covered in long, narrow trenches formed by ploughing.
Usage examples:
Furrowed fields

verb
Make a rut, groove, or trail in (the ground or the surface of something).
Usage examples:
Gorges furrowing the deep-sea floor

adjective
A forehead (= part of the face above the eyes) that has lines in the skin, usually caused by worry

Furrowed - all meanings in English

furrow

noun
A long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough, especially for planting seeds or irrigation.
Usage examples:
Regular furrows in a ploughed field

verb
Make a rut, groove, or trail in (the ground or the surface of something).
Usage examples:
Gorges furrowing the deep-sea floor

noun
A long, narrow cut or fold in the surface of something
Usage examples:
The plow sped along the furrow, turning over the earth., he tried to smooth the furrow out of his j…

Furrow - all meanings in English

Furrowing synonims

corrugate

verb
Contract or cause to contract into wrinkles or folds.
Usage examples:
Micky's brow corrugated in a simian frown

Corrugate - all meanings in English

crease

noun
A line or ridge produced on paper or cloth by folding, pressing, or crushing.
Usage examples:
Khaki trousers with knife-edge creases

verb
Any of a number of lines marked on the pitch at specified places.

noun
A line or mark made on material by folding or pressing it, or a line in a person’s skin, esp. in the face
Usage examples:
There were tiny creases in her eye shadow., [ t ] a frown creased mr. cuna’s boyish face.

Crease - all meanings in English

crinkle

verb
Form into small surface creases or wrinkles.
Usage examples:
Rose's face crinkled in bewilderment

noun
A wrinkle or crease on the surface of something.
Usage examples:
There was a crinkle of suspicion on her forehead

verb
To have or cause to have many little lines and folds
Usage examples:
[ i ] the paper was old and crinkled., the machine won’t take your bills unless you smooth out the …

Crinkle - all meanings in English

line

noun
A long, narrow mark or band.
Usage examples:
A row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line

verb
Stand or be positioned at intervals along.
Usage examples:
A processional route lined by people waving flags

verb
Cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.
Usage examples:
A basket lined with polythene

Line - all meanings in English

pucker

verb
(especially with reference to a person's face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds.
Usage examples:
The child's face puckered, ready to cry

noun
A tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold.
Usage examples:
A pucker between his eyebrows

verb
To press together and form small folds in something such as cloth or skin
Usage examples:
She puckered her lips and gave her grandma a kiss., [ m ] this hem is all puckered up., puckers wer…

Pucker - all meanings in English

screw up

skruː

collocation
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin

phrasal verb
Crush a piece of paper or fabric into a tight mass.
Usage examples:
He screwed the note up and threw it away

phrasal verb
Cause something to fail or go wrong.
Usage examples:
Why are you trying to screw up your life?

Screw up - all meanings in English

wrinkle

noun
A slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face.
Usage examples:
She smoothed out the wrinkles from her skirt

verb
Make or cause lines or folds in (something, especially fabric or the skin).
Usage examples:
His hands and face were wrinkled by age

noun
A small line in the skin, or a small fold in cloth
Usage examples:
You need to iron out the wrinkles in your skirt., fig. we still need to iron out a few wrinkles (= …

Wrinkle - all meanings in English

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