Home › Words › B › backfurrowbackfurrowbackfurrow means the line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow.EtymologyFrom back- + furrow.nounThe line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plowe.g.“Harrow sections are usually held together by bolts and projecting eyes which permit them to follow the contours of terraces and backfurrows.” — 1977, Archie Augustus Stone, Harold E. Gulvin, Machines for Power Farming, page 210:verbTo throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.e.g.“Before planting, an attempt was made to list the ground, the land being ridged with an ordinary walking plow by backfurrowing.” — 1923, Jenkin William Jones, Rice Experiments at the Biggs Rice Field Station in California, page 56:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.underfurrow 70% match — To cover as if under a furrow; to plow in. vs backfurrow →ploughed 61% match — Turned over with the blade of a plough to create furrows (usually for planting crops). vs backfurrow →feer 61% match — To mark (a field) with furrows before ploughing. vs backfurrow →forthcut 61% match — To cut; plow. vs backfurrow →unfurrow 60% match — To remove the furrows from. vs backfurrow →furrow 60% match — Any trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal.; A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop. vs backfurrow →ploughing 60% match — The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting. vs backfurrow →furrowless 57% match — Without furrows. vs backfurrow →