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[ plou ] / plaʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR plough ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, verb (used with or without object) Chiefly British.OTHER WORDS FROM ploughun·ploughed, adjectiveWords nearby ploughplotting board, plotting sheet, plotty, plotz, plotzed, plough, plough back, ploughboy, ploughman, ploughman's lunch, ploughman's spikenard Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ploughI order a swing-top bottle of German beer, and then Erik and I plough through a couple liters of red wine. Exploring the Darker Side of James Joyce’s Trieste|Jeff Campagna|January 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Ass was also used for agriculture, and was employed in the plough, as we find from many passages. Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood The same individuals who in Spain would have followed the plough, in the colonies carry out great undertakings. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes|Toms de Comyn But on the sites of the old camping grounds the plough share still turns up relics that carry us back to the “stone age.” Glimpses of the Past|W. O. Raymond
She and Claes tilled their field together, yoking themselves like oxen to the plough. The Legend of Ulenspiegel|Charles de Coster One of them described a circle round the thorn, within which the plough should not go. The Fairy Mythology|Thomas Keightley
British Dictionary definitions for plough (1 of 2)
nounan agricultural implement with sharp blades, attached to a horse, tractor, etc, for cutting or turning over the earth any of various similar implements, such as a device for clearing snow a plane with a narrow blade for cutting grooves in wood (in agriculture) ploughed land put one's hand to the plough to begin or undertake a task verbto till (the soil) with a plough to make (furrows or grooves) in (something) with or as if with a plough (when intr, usually foll by through) to move (through something) in the manner of a ploughthe ship ploughed the water (intr foll by through) to work at slowly or perseveringly (intr; foll by into or through) (of a vehicle) to run uncontrollably into something in its paththe plane ploughed into the cottage roof (tr; foll by in, up, under, etc) to turn over (a growing crop, manure, etc) into the earth with a plough (intr) British slang to fail an examination Derived forms of ploughplougher or esp US plower, nounWord Origin for ploughOld English plōg plough land; related to Old Norse plogr, Old High German pfluoc British Dictionary definitions for plough (2 of 2)
nounthe Plough the group of the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa MajorAlso known as: Charles's Wain Usual US name: the Big Dipper Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ploughplow, prepare, farm, mulch, work, plant, turn, dig, sow, labor, grow, tend, dress, harrow, hoe, turn over |