(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a long, thin line in the earth which a farmer makes in order to plant seeds or to allow water to flow along.
N-COUNT
2.
A ~ is a deep, fairly wide line in the surface of something.
Dirt bike trails crisscrossed the grassy ~s.
N-COUNT
3.
A ~ is a deep fold or line in the skin of someone’s face.
...the deep ~s that marked the corners of his mouth.
= wrinkle
N-COUNT
4.
If someone ~s their brow or forehead or if it ~s, deep folds appear in it because the person is annoyed, unhappy, or confused. (WRITTEN)
My bank manager ~ed his brow, fingered his calculator and finally pronounced ‘Aha!’...
Midge’s forehead ~ed as she saw that several were drinking...
Fatigue and stress quickly result in a dull complexion and a ~ed brow.
= crease
VERB: V n, V, V-ed
5.
If you say that someone ploughs a particular ~ or ploughs their own ~, you mean that their activities or interests are different or isolated from those of other people. (BRIT)
The government is more than adept at ploughing its own diplomatic ~.
PHRASE: V inflects