Meaning & use
furrowed
Marked with deep lines or grooves, especially describing a forehead wrinkled from worry or concentration.
See it in a sentence
His furrowed brow showed how hard he was concentrating on the puzzle.
She read the letter with a furrowed forehead, clearly troubled by its contents.
A note on using this word
Furrowed almost always describes a brow or forehead in this figurative sense, evoking plowed furrows in a field.
Words with a similar meaning
wrinkledcreased
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Past tense of furrow: to plow a field into long grooves, or to wrinkle the skin in worry or concentration.
The farmer furrowed the field before planting the spring wheat.
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