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Meaning of 'plough' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
- A carucate of land; a plowland.
- A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
- An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
- Same as Charles's Wain.
- 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.
2 . Plough [ n. & v.]
- See Plow.
3 . 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.
4 . 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.
- To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
- To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.

Meaning of 'plough' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . plough [ v]
Meaning (1):
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
Example in sentence:
  • Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week;
  • turn the earth in the Spring
Meaning (2):
- move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
Example in sentence:
  • The ship plowed through the water

Nearby Words:

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