plough

[ plou ]

/ plaʊ /

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noun, verb (used with or without object) Chiefly British.

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OTHER WORDS FROM plough

un·ploughed, adjective

Words nearby plough

plotting board, plotting sheet, plotty, plotz, plotzed, plough, plough back, ploughboy, ploughman, ploughman's lunch, ploughman's spikenard

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Example sentences from the Web for plough

As the ice receded, we devised more means of survival and comfort—stone dwellings, ploughs, wheeled vehicles.
Anthropocene: Human-Made Materials Now Weigh as Much as All Living Biomass, Say Scientists|Jan Zalasiewicz|December 24, 2020|Singularity Hub
I 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)

plough

esp US plow

/ (plaʊ) /

noun

an 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

verb

to 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 plough

plougher or esp US plower, noun

Word Origin for plough

Old English plōg plough land; related to Old Norse plogr, Old High German pfluoc

British Dictionary definitions for plough (2 of 2)

Plough

/ (plaʊ) /

noun

the Plough the group of the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa MajorAlso known as: Charles's Wain Usual US name: the Big Dipper

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esp US plow

noun

verb

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