furrowed
part of speech
adjective; verb form (furrow, furrows, furrowed, furrowing)
meaning for a pupil
1) Of a field: having long, narrow trenches cut by a plough. tree →
2) Of a forehead or brow: wrinkled with deep lines, showing worry, anger or hard thinking. tree →
sense in the lessons
Sense 1 is a farming and geography word: a ploughed field is furrowed, ready for seeds. Sense 2 is a story word: «a furrowed brow» or «he furrowed his brow» shows a character puzzling or worrying; Badger often looks thoughtful with a furrowed brow.
examples
- The tractor left the field neatly furrowed. tree →
- Seeds were dropped into the furrowed soil. tree →
- Grandpa's furrowed brow showed he was worried. tree →
- She furrowed her brow over the difficult sum. tree →
- Badger furrowed his brow and thought about how to save Toad Hall. tree →
- The old farmer's face was furrowed with age. tree →
- The waves made furrows in the sand. tree →
note
From the noun «furrow» (a long groove in a field, or a deep wrinkle). Common phrase: «a furrowed brow». Similar words for faces: frown, wrinkled, knitted (knitted brows).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «furrowed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.