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plowable

Variant of plow

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

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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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