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Verb: plough plaw
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=plow)
- To break and turn over earth especially with a plough
"Farmer Jones ploughed his east field last week"
- plow [N. Amer], turn - Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- cover, treat, handle, plow [N. Amer], deal, address - Move in a way resembling that of a plough cutting into or going through the soil
"The ship ploughed through the water"
- plow [N. Amer]
Noun: plough plaw
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=plow)
- A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
- plow [N. Amer]
Noun: Plough
Usage: Brit (=Big Dipper)
- A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
- Big Dipper [N. Amer], Dipper, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon
Derived forms: ploughing, ploughs, ploughed See also: ploughing Type of: asterism, broach, go, initiate, locomote, move, till, tool, travel Part of: Great Bear, Ursa Major Encyclopedia: Plough |