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

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.

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