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

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How to use plough in a sentence

Dragon skins hung in some parish churches and ploughing regularly turned up elf arrows, little-worked flints of great delicacy.
The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|November 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Day after day while the spring ploughing went on, the strange pair followed the plough together.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
And then—when the spring ploughing is finished—I should want you to supply me with angleworms for the same length of time.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
The Girl went away to talk to the cultivator's wife and baby, and the afternoon ploughing began.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling

In such cases the benefits of subsoil ploughing and deep ploughing are conspicuous.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
Leaves may be used as a manure, simply by ploughing them in, by composting them with lime, or by adding them to the manure heap.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson

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

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