Definition of plough Plough
/plawˈ/ - [plaw] - Plough
We found 31 definitions of plough from 8 different sources.
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British English
plough - /plˈaʊ/
American English
plow - /plawˈ/
What does plough mean?
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Noun |
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| plough - a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing | ||
| plow | ||
| tool an implement used in the practice of a vocation | ||
| bull tongue a heavy plow with a single wide blade; used chiefly in cotton fields | ||
| plough - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major | ||
| Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon | ||
Verb |
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| plough - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" | ||
| plow, turn | ||
| cut into, delve, dig, turn over turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" | ||
| till work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil" | ||
| husbandry, farming, agriculture agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" | ||
| ridge form into a ridge | ||
| disk, harrow draw a harrow over (land) | ||
| plough - move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water" | ||
| plow | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- plough (Noun)
A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. - plough (Noun)
A horse-drawn plow. - plough (Noun)
An alternative name for Ursa Major or the Great Bear. - plough (Verb)
To use a plough on to prepare for planting. - plough (Verb)
To use a plough. - plough (Verb)
To fuck, to have sex with. - plough (Verb)
To move with force.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- plough (n. & v.)
See Plow. - plough (n.)
A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. - plough (n.)
Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. - plough (n.)
A carucate of land; a plowland. - plough (n.)
A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. - plough (n.)
An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. - plough (n.)
Same as Charles's Wain. - plough (v. t.)
To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field. - plough (v. t.)
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing. - plough (v. t.)
To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5. - plough (n.)
To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc. - plough (v. i.)
To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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plough
An agricultural device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. -
plough
To use a plough on to prepare for planting.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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plough
plow, n. an instrument for turning up the soil to prepare it for seed: tillage: a joiner's plane for making grooves.—v.t. to turn up with the plough: to make furrows or ridges in: to tear: to divide: to run through, as in sailing: (university slang) to reject in an examination.—v.i. to work with a plough.—adj. Plough′able, capable of being ploughed: arable.—ns. Plough′boy, a boy who drives or guides horses in ploughing; Plough′er; Plough′gate (Scots law), a quantity of land of the extent of 100 acres Scots; Plough′ing; Plough′-ī′ron, the coulter of a plough; Plough′-land, land suitable for tillage: as much land as could be tilled with one plough, a hide of land; Plough′man, a man who ploughs: a husbandman: a rustic:—pl. Plough′men; Plough′-Mon′day, the Monday after Twelfth Day when, according to the old usage, the plough should be set to work again after the holidays; Plough′-tail, the end of a plough where the handles are; Plough′-tree, a plough-handle; Plough′wright, one who makes and mends ploughs.—Put one's hand to the plough, to begin an undertaking.—Snow plough, a strong triangular frame of wood for clearing snow off roads, railways, &c., drawn by horses or by a locomotive; Steam plough, a plough driven by a stationary steam-engine; The Plough, the seven bright stars in the constellation of the Great Bear. [Ice. plógr; perh. Celt., Gael. ploc, a block.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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plough
An instrument formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, and possessed of large graduations. When a ship cuts briskly through the sea she is said to plough it.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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plough
Don't stop the plough to catch a mouse. -
plough
A man must plough with such oxen as he hath. -
plough
He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
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