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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

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