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plow Definition

plow (plo̵u)

noun

  1. a farm implement used to cut, turn up, and break up the soil
  2. ☆ any implement like this; specif.,
    1. snowplow (sense )
    2. 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

  1. to cut and turn up (soil) with a plow
  2. to make furrows in with or as with a plow
  3. to make by or as if by plowing to plow one's way through a crowd
  4. to cut a way through (water) a ship plowing the waves
  5. to invest or spend (as money, capital, etc.): often with into plowing all extra dollars into an IRA
  6. Brit., Slang to reject (a candidate) in an examination

intransitive verb

  1. to till the soil with a plow; use a plow
  2. to take plowing as specified a field that plows easily
  3. to cut a way (through water, snow, etc.)
  4. to advance laboriously; plod
  5. to begin work vigorously: with into
  6. to collide forcefully: with into
  7. Brit., Slang to fail in an examination

plow Related Forms

plow·able adjective plower noun

plow Idioms

plow back

to reinvest (profits) in the same business enterprise

plow under

  1. to bury (crops or vegetation) by plowing, so as to enrich the soil or in seeking to prevent overproduction
  2. Informal to destroy; obliterate

plow up

  1. to remove with a plow
  2. to till (soil) thoroughly

the Plow

Astron.
  1. the constellation Ursa Major
  2. Big Dipper

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.

  1. To use a plow

    break, furrow, cultivate, harrow, turn, plow up, turn over, till, list, ridge, break ground, do the plowing, start the spring work, turn it over*, give it the gang*; see also farm.

  2. To act like a plow

    smash into, rush through, shove apart; see dig 1, push 1.

  3. *To fail; British, usually spelled ""plough''

    suspend, send home, dismiss; see fail 5.

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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