📖 Definitions of "Furrowing"
verb
- 1
To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
"Cart wheels can furrow roads."
- 2
To wrinkle.
- 3
To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
"As she read the document intently her brows began to furrow."
noun
- 1
A furrowed pattern.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Furrowing"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| groovenoun | (music) A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm. |
| chamfernoun | An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges. |
| seamnoun | (sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric. |
| wrinklenoun | A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface. |
| creasenoun | A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced. |
| crinklenoun | A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness. |
| rutnoun | (figurative) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. |
| chasenoun | The act of one who chases another; a pursuit. |
| linenoun | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. |
| furrowernoun | One who furrows something, such as the brow. |
| stitchnoun | A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. |
| wrinklingnoun | The act of wrinkling. |
| flutingnoun | (architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface. |
| knurlingnoun | A knurled pattern |
| crosshatchnoun | A pattern of crossing lines. |
| corrugationnoun | The process of corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves. |
| notchingnoun | A notched mark or pattern. |
| fillingnoun | Anything that is used to fill something. |
| veinworknoun | A veined pattern. |
| tuftingnoun | A type of stitching passing through a quilt or mattress to hold the filling in place. See tuft for images. |
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