Plow Definition

plou
ploughs, plowed, plowing, plows
noun
plows
A farm implement used to cut, turn up, and break up the soil.
Webster's New World
An implement or machine designed to move earth, snow, or other material by means of a strong blade.
American Heritage
Any implement like this.
Webster's New World

(US) Alternative spelling of plough.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
plowed, plowing, plows
To cut and turn up (soil) with a plow.
Webster's New World
To form (a furrow, for example) with a plow.
American Heritage
To take plowing as specified.
A field that plows easily.
Webster's New World
To make furrows in with or as with a plow.
Webster's New World
To form wrinkles or creases in.
His forehead was plowed with lines of stress.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
idiom
plow back
  • to reinvest (profits) in the same business enterprise
Webster's New World
plow under
  • to bury (crops or vegetation) by plowing, so as to enrich the soil or in seeking to prevent overproduction
  • to destroy; obliterate
Webster's New World
plow up
  • to remove with a plow
  • to till (soil) thoroughly
Webster's New World
the Plow
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Plow

Noun

Singular:
plow
Plural:
plows

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Plow

Origin of Plow

  • Middle English plough, plouw from Old English plōh, plōg plow, plowland

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See plough

    From Wiktionary

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