Plow vs. Plough
Difference Between Plow and Plough
Plownoun
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Ploughnoun
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.Plowverb
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Ploughnoun
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Plownoun
a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
Ploughnoun
alternative form of ploughland|nodot=1, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
Plowverb
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow;
Farmer Jones plowed his east field last weekturn the earth in the SpringPloughnoun
A joiner's plane for making grooves.
Plowverb
deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;
This book deals with incestThe course covered all of Western CivilizationThe new book treats the history of ChinaPloughnoun
A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
Plowverb
move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil;
The ship plowed through the waterPloughverb
(transitive) To use a plough on to prepare for planting.
I've still got to plough that field.Ploughverb
(intransitive) To use a plough.
Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset.Ploughverb
To have sex with.
Ploughverb
To move with force.
Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.Ploughverb
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
Ploughverb
(nautical) To run through, as in sailing.
Ploughverb
(bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
Ploughverb
(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.
Ploughverb
To fail (a student).
Ploughnoun
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Ploughnoun
a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
Ploughverb
move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil;
The ship plowed through the waterPloughverb
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow;
Farmer Jones plowed his east field last weekturn the earth in the Spring
