Uk English Meaning of plough

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Definitions and Meaning of plough in English

Wordnet

plough (n)

a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

Wordnet

plough (v)

move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil

to break and turn over earth especially with a plow

Webster

plough (n. & v.)

See Plow.

Webster

plough (n.)

A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.

Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.

A carucate of land; a plowland.

A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.

An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.

Same as Charles's Wain.

To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.

Webster

plough (v. t.)

To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.

To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.

To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.

Webster

plough (v. i.)

To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.

FAQs About the word plough

plough

a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major, a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing, m

cultivate,furrow,rake,Break,Hoe,till,fallow,harrow,list,rototiller

Break,bum,chilled, cool,ease up,Hang around (around or out),idle,let up,loaf,Lounge,rest

plotting => plotting, plotter => plotter, plotted => plotted, plott hound => plott hound, plot-proof => plot-proof,