furrow ridge

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• furrow — (n.) O.E. furh furrow, trench, from P.Gmc. *furkh (Cf. O.Fris. furch furrow; M.Du. vore, Du. voor; Ger. Furche furrow; O.N. for furrow, drainage ditch ), from PIE *perk (Cf. L. porca ridge between two furrows, O.I …   Etymology dictionary

• Furrow — Fur row, n. [OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS. furh; akin to D. voor, OHG. furuh, G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw. f?ra, Icel. for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows.] 1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow. [1913 Webster] 2. Any trench,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• furrow — [n] ditch channel, corrugation, crease, crinkle, crow’s foot*, dike, fluting, fold, groove, gutter, hollow, line, plica, rabbet, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruck, rut, seam, trench, wrinkle; concept 513 …   New thesaurus

• ridge — [n] raised part of solid backbone, chine, corrugation, crease, crinkle, elevation, esker, fold, furrow, hill, hogback, moraine, parapet, plica, pole, range, rib, rim, rimple, rivel, ruck, seam, spine, upland, wrinkle; concepts 471,509,513 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

• Ridge and furrow — The term ridge and furrow is often used by archaeologists and others to describe the pattern of peaks and troughs created in a field by the system of ploughing used in Europe during the Middle Ages. Early examples date to the immediate post Roman …   Wikipedia

• furrow — [OE] Furrow is an ancient agricultural term, going back to the prehistoric Indo European base *prk , which also produced Welsh rhych ‘furrow’, Armenian herk ‘newly ploughed land’, Latin porca ‘ridge between furrows’, and possibly also Sanskrit… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• furrow — [OE] Furrow is an ancient agricultural term, going back to the prehistoric Indo European base *prk , which also produced Welsh rhych ‘furrow’, Armenian herk ‘newly ploughed land’, Latin porca ‘ridge between furrows’, and possibly also Sanskrit… …   Word origins

• furrow — furrower, n. furrowless, adj. furrowlike, adj. furrowy, adj. /ferr oh, fur oh/, n. 1. a narrow groove made in the ground, esp. by a plow. 2. a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface: the furrows of a wrinkled face. v.t. 3. to… …   Universalium

• furrow slice — noun : the ridge of earth turned by a plow this plow may be adjusted to set the furrow slice on edge A.F.Gustafson * * * furrow slice, a narrow slice of earth turned up by a plow …   Useful english dictionary

• furrow — /ˈfʌroʊ / (say furoh) noun 1. a narrow trench made in the ground, especially by a plough. 2. a narrow, trench like depression in any surface. 3. a groove, as in the skin of the forehead, etc. –verb (t) 4. to make a furrow or furrows in; plough… …  

• furrow — n 1. groove, rut, trench, ditch, fosse; hollow, cut, track; channel, dike, gutter, trough, canal; sulcation, flute, rib, ridge; line, seam, pucker, fold; score, scratch, gash, streak. 2. wrinkle, crow s foot, crease, contraction, rimple, rumple,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder