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plowable
Variant of plow
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 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
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