Furrow

An opening in the ground made by the plough (Ps. 65:10; Hos. 10:4, 10).

FURROW is the translation of different words in the Hebrew. In Hos 10:10 the word is properly "transgressions." The complaining of the furrows. Job 31:38, is mentioned in Hindoo proverbs.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.

2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. Farrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land. Shak. -- To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. Lowell.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea. Shak.

2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles. Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. Shak. Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. Byron.