The article explains what a furrow is, the origin of this word and its most common meanings.
Diversity of language
In any language that is actively used, there are words that have several meanings at once. Usually these words have ancient roots. The Russian language is no exception, for example, the word "language" means oral speech, a human organ, some elongated rounded area and a captured enemy soldier who can tell a lot of important information. But we will analyze in detail such a word as a furrow. So what is a furrow and where did it come from?
Slavic origin
This word has ancient Slavic roots and is found in almost all modern Slavic languages - Belarusian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Russian, Czech, Polish and several others. Of course, depending on the specific language, it is slightly different, but it is still recognizable and has not undergone such strong morphological changes as some other words of the related group. And in Old Slavonic it sounds like “borzda”. So what is a furrow?
Arable land
Most often it is used for a plowed field. Rather, to the ditchesin the surface of the soil, left by a plow or plow, into which plant seeds are then planted. Despite the fact that in the modern world tractors plow a large area of soil at once, these wide lines are still called a furrow. So now we know what a furrow is.
Hence, by the way, is probably the well-known proverb "The old horse will not spoil the furrow." In a figurative sense, it means that an elderly person with valuable or other skills will do something no worse than a younger or even more skilled one.
Medicine
The use of this word is also found in old medicine. It used to be called recesses in the cerebral cortex of a person or animal. In fact, this definition is true to this day, but nowadays it is rarely found in medical reference books or books, since the word itself is quite outdated, it is rarely used. But nevertheless, this word can still be found when, when describing a process, phenomenon or thing, they try to give it an additional shade, for example, “a tank left ragged furrows behind it” or “a man walked through deep snow, trampling deep furrows.”
Wrinkles
Deep wrinkles on a person's face are also figuratively called a furrow. Such a definition was often used by poets and writers in the old days to give the description a more colorful and deep shade. And the furrow was also called lacerations and scratches. But again, they used it before, but now this word is used quiterarely. So we sorted out the origin of the word "furrow".
Forensic examination
This word is also used in forensic examination, a triangulation groove is an imprint of injuries obtained as a result of strangulation of a person from hanging or another similar process. By its form and depth, by the way, it is determined whether the death of a person was a violent or voluntary departure from life. So now we know what the word "furrow" means.
