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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Example sentences from the Web for plough

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
If he hated to see her ploughing through the snow by the side of the horse, he made no sign.
Peak and Prairie|Anna Fuller
He roams the wild prairies where the fields need no ploughing.
The Human Side of Animals|Royal Dixon
And now the steamer is ploughing in among the skerries, and a world of rocks and islets unfolds on every side.
The Great Hunger|Johan Bojer

Near that farm is a field, and in that field your future ruler is ploughing with two spotted oxen.
From a Terrace in Prague|Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
Fire is lighted here, as in all Melanesia, by “ploughing,” a small stick being rubbed lengthwise in a larger one.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific|Felix Speiser

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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