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"sillonner"

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Definition: to cross, cut across, furrow, scar

Le bateau a vite sillonné le lac - The boat quickly cut across the lake.

Cette campagne est sillonnée de ravins - This countryside is scarred with ravines.

Related: un sillon - furrow

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Pronunciation: [see yuh nay]Audio Link

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