unfurrow

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verb

To remove the furrows from.

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Meanings

verbunfurrow (third-person singular simple present unfurrows, present participle unfurrowing, simple past and past participle unfurrowed)

present singular third person unfurrows · participle present unfurrowing · participle past unfurrowed · past unfurrowed

  1. transitiveTo remove the furrows from.
  2. intransitiveTo clear itself of furrows.

    He grunted and murmured, until his face calmed, the eyelids smoothing into slumber, the brows unfurrowing.

    2009 June 28, David Gates, “The Postmodern Me”, in New York Times

Origin

From un- + furrow.

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APA

unfurrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfurrow

MLA

“unfurrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfurrow. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfurrow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfurrow.

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