The Collaborative International Dictionary
Furrow \Fur"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Furrowing.] [From Furrow, n.; cf. AS. fyrian.]
To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea.
--Shak.-
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.
Wiktionary
n. A furrowed pattern. vb. (present participle of furrow English)
Usage examples of "furrowing".
Silent for a moment, the workings of his mind were clear in the furrowing of his brows and tight line of his jaw.
While he read, she watched his face, brows sometimes furrowing, puzzling out a word.
Michael came to her side, concern furrowing his brow and bringing reassuring steel to his voice.
He quickly pulled on his pants, his brow furrowing with discomfort as he arranged himself enough to fasten the buttoned fly.
Vere said with irritation, his thick brows furrowing in a decided frown.
His mind focused on the storm as he had seen it begin through the transparent end of their stilltent--cold dribbles of sand crossing the basin, then runnels and tails furrowing the sky.
His mind focused on the storm as he had seen it begin through the transparent end of their stilltent — cold dribbles of sand crossing the basin, then runnels and tails furrowing the sky.
Light from the illusion shook on the roofs of their eye sockets, flowed in the lines about their mouths, filled the ridges furrowing foreheads.
His hatchet face, dominated by a curved beak of a nose above a thin-lipped mouth, looked even more haggard than usual, his exhaustion furrowing deep lines down each cheek.
He was content to sit with Barbara in two hammock chairs in the shade of the deckhouse - there were beckets to which the chairs could be hooked to prevent them sliding down the deck to leeward as Pretty Jane heeled over - and think about nothing in particular, watching the flying fish furrowing the surface, and the patches of yellow Sargasso weed drift by, gold against the blue, and an occasional turtle swimming manfully along far from land.
He was content to sit with Barbara in two hammock chairs in the shade of the deckhouse there were beckets to which the chairs could be hooked to prevent them sliding down the deck to leeward as Pretty Jane heeled over and think about nothing in particular, watching the flying fish furrowing the surface, and the patches of yellow Sargasso weed drift by, gold against the blue, and an occasional turtle swimming manfully along far from land.
From the blasted window nearest Rolf to the flaming arras of the distant alcove, human bodies and furniture had been treated like the nestings of mice turned up by a furrowing plow.
The furrowing of her brow inspired Tev to pull out his own device.