intransitive. To use a plough; to till the ground. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ52443 |
| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (of person) [verb (intransitive)] (25) eareOE intransitive. To use a plough; to till the ground. Obsolete. ploughc1450 intransitive. To use a plough; to work as a ploughman; to till the ground. Also figurative. to be at the ploughc1535 to be at the plough: to be engaged in ploughing or farming. to follow (also hold) the plough: to till the land; to work as a farmer or ploughman. Now… to take stitch1600 ? The act of cutting or dividing the earth with the share in ploughing; the (greater or lesser) depth to which the share is driven in making a… to plough out1643 transitive. To dig or turn out of the ground with a plough; to clear, eradicate, or excavate by or as by ploughing. In early use frequently figurative… to plough upa1895 transitive. To break up (ground) by ploughing; (figurative) to cut up roughly, furrow, gash, or scratch deeply. Subcategories:— of plough: plough (3) — plough for first time (1) — plough for third time (1) — mark off by ploughing (1) — rib (1) — deep plough (3) — plough in ridges (1) — draw back mould (1) — methods of turning furrow (4) — bury by ploughing (1) — be ploughman (1) — be controller of animals (1) |
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