furrow
Any trench, channel, or grooveAny trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal.: A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
» An old ox makes straight furrows.
Старый конь борозды не испортит. — Balamax
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2 sensesAny trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal.
A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
Don't walk across that deep furrow in the field.
Furche
борозда́borozdá, бразда́brazdá
борозна́borozná
A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.
- a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
Examples
14 sentencesAn old ox makes straight furrows.
ruСтарый конь борозды не испортит. — Balamax
His furrowed brow suggested lingering doubts.
ruЕго нахмуренный лоб выражал его глубокие сомнения. — sivelock
deSeine gerunzelte Stirn ließ auf vorhandene Zweifel schließen. — freddy1
He scratched his head and furrowed his brow.
The brows were separated by a deep furrow.
deDie Brauen trennte eine tiefe Furche. — al_ex_an_der
Tulugaq had mumbled speech and a furrowed brow.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English forow, furgh, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, fFrom Middle English forow, furgh, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs (compare Saterland Frisian Fuurge, Dutch voor, German Furche, Swedish fåra, Norwegian Bokmål fure), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Compare Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Latin porca (“ridge, balk”), Lithuanian prapar̃šas (“ditch”), Sanskrit पर्शान (párśāna, “chasm”).
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