plow Definition
plow (plo̵u)
noun
- a farm implement used to cut, turn up, and break up the soil
- ☆ any implement like this; specif.,
- snowplow (sense )
- any of various tools for cutting a groove or furrow
Etymology: ME ploh < Late OE, akin to Ger pflug, ON plógr < Gmc *plog- < native Alpine (Rhaetian) base > Langobardic plovum
transitive verb
- to cut and turn up (soil) with a plow
- to make furrows in with or as with a plow
- to make by or as if by plowing to plow one's way through a crowd
- to cut a way through (water) a ship plowing the waves
- to invest or spend (as money, capital, etc.): often with into plowing all extra dollars into an IRA
- Brit., Slang to reject (a candidate) in an examination
intransitive verb
- to till the soil with a plow; use a plow
- to take plowing as specified a field that plows easily
- to cut a way (through water, snow, etc.)
- to advance laboriously; plod
- to begin work vigorously: with into
- to collide forcefully: with into
- Brit., Slang to fail in an examination
plow Related Forms
plow Idioms
plow back
to reinvest (profits) in the same business enterprise
plow under
- to bury (crops or vegetation) by plowing, so as to enrich the soil or in seeking to prevent overproduction
- Informal to destroy; obliterate
plow up
- to remove with a plow
- to till (soil) thoroughly
plow Synonyms
plow
n.
Types of plows include: moldboard, gang, steam, tractor, double, straddle, sulky, wheel, mole, skim, hillside, shovel, sod, paring, bullnose, hand; lister, hoe plow, horse-hoe, garden plow, wheel hoe, harrow, cultivator, corn-hoe*;
plow Synonyms
plow
v.
plow Usage Examples
Object
- field: Acres of freshly plowed fields extend on three sides of my small farm house.
- furrow: Alexander Frei looked particularly sharp for the Swiss, despite plowing a lone furrow up front.
- sea: I have not entirely " plowed the sea, " however.
- ground: Finally, de Ruiter says, " Inside, you feel like a depth of clean, deeply plowed ground.
- land: Biotechnology has also helped farmers control weeds without plowing the land.
Converse of object
- pull: But she could pull a plow straight in Daddy's little truck garden.
- have: Haha:D Do I still have another go plow?
Modifies a noun
- steel: Standing rigging, usually of 6- X 19-inch galvanized, high-grade plow steel wire rope, is used to support the masts.
- truck: Netster.com makes it fast and easy to find toy plow trucks Toys R Us Visa Card A great card to have before Christmas.
Modifying Another Word
- just: After the first field which the farmer had just plowed, the walk was very pleasant.
- ahead: Do NOT plow ahead like a bull in a china shop, take some care.
- back: Some of the revenue could be plowed back into R&D in a many fields, not just defense.
- right: If the concentration of the chemical was weak the Paramecium would plow right through it.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- up: To reap those fruits, the earth must be plowed up.
- through: The outside decks were awash with the seas that we were plowing through.
- down: The other mounds at the site, as well as the principal mound and earthwork have been substantially plowed down.
- over: The Me-262 jet had been unable to intervene at Arnhem, as its home airfield at Rheine had been plowed over by night raids.
Followed by a transitive particle
up: But the White people plow up the ground, pull down the trees, kill everything.
Preposition: with
ox: All the fields are plowed with oxen, whose dung is burned in the communityâs biogas chamber.
Noun used with modifier
snow: Skiing Cons: Slow to learn - say " snow plow " , work it out on the first day?
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