Plow vs. Plough: What's the Difference?
Plow and Plough Definitions
Plow
A farm implement consisting of a strong blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil and cutting furrows in preparation for sowing.
Plough
A farm implement consisting of a strong blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil and cutting furrows in preparation for sowing.
Plow
An implement or machine designed to move earth, snow, or other material by means of a strong blade.
Plough
An implement or machine designed to move earth, snow, or other material by means of a strong blade.
Plow
Plow See Big Dipper.
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Plough
Plow See Big Dipper.
Plow
To break and turn over (earth) with a plow.
Plough
To break and turn over (earth) with a plow.
Plow
To form (a furrow, for example) with a plow.
Plough
To form (a furrow, for example) with a plow.
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Plow
To form furrows in with a plow
Plow a field.
Plough
To form furrows in with a plow
Plow a field.
Plow
To form wrinkles or creases in
His forehead was plowed with lines of stress.
Plough
To form wrinkles or creases in
His forehead was plowed with lines of stress.
Plow
To move or clear (snow, for example) by means of a plow.
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Plough
To move or clear (snow, for example) by means of a plow.
Plow
To clear (an area) of snow or other material by means of a plow.
Plough
To clear (an area) of snow or other material by means of a plow.
Plow
To make or form with driving force
I plowed my way through the crowd.
Plough
To make or form with driving force
I plowed my way through the crowd.
Plow
To progress through (water)
Plow the high seas.
Plough
To progress through (water)
Plow the high seas.
Plow
Vulgar Slang To have intercourse with (another). Used of a man.
Plough
Vulgar Slang To have intercourse with (another). Used of a man.
Plow
To break and turn up earth with a plow.
Plough
To break and turn up earth with a plow.
Plow
To move or clear material such as snow with a plow.
Plough
To move or clear material such as snow with a plow.
Plow
To admit of plowing
Rocky earth plows poorly.
Plough
To admit of plowing
Rocky earth plows poorly.
Plow
To move or progress with driving force
The ball carrier plowed through the defensive line.
Plough
To move or progress with driving force
The ball carrier plowed through the defensive line.
Plow
To proceed laboriously; plod
Plowed through the backlog of work.
Plough
To proceed laboriously; plod
Plowed through the backlog of work.
Plow
(American spelling) plough
Plough
A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
The horse-drawn plough had a tremendous impact on agriculture.
Plow
(American spelling) plough
Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.
Plough
The use of a plough; tillage.
Plow
A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.
Plough
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Plow
Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
Plough
Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
Plow
A carucate of land; a plowland.
Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
Plough
A joiner's plane for making grooves.
Plow
A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
Plough
A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
Plow
An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
Plough
(yoga) A yoga pose resembling a traditional plough, halāsana.
Plow
Same as Charles's Wain.
Plough
(transitive) To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
I've still got to plough that field.
Plow
To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.
Plough
(intransitive) To use a plough.
Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset.
Plow
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
Let patient Octavia plow thy visage upWith her prepared nails.
With speed we plow the watery way.
Plough
To move with force.
Trucks ploughed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.
Plow
To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
Plough
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
Plow
To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ?
Plough
(nautical) To run through, as in sailing.
Plow
A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
Plough
(bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
Plow
To break and turn over earth especially with a plow;
Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week
Turn the earth in the Spring
Plough
(joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
Plow
Deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;
This book deals with incest
The course covered all of Western Civilization
The new book treats the history of China
Plough
To fail (a student).
Plow
Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil;
The ship plowed through the water
Plough
To have sex with, penetrate.
Plough
See Plow.
Plough
A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Plough
A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
Plough
Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil;
The ship plowed through the water
Plough
To break and turn over earth especially with a plow;
Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week
Turn the earth in the Spring
