unploughedunplowedadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈplaʊd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈplaʊd/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and ploughed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, ploughed adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + ploughed adj. Compare Middle Low German ungeplōget, Old Swedish oplögdher (Swedish oplöjd).

a. Of an area of land: not ploughed. Also with up. Also figurative or in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [adjective] > unploughed

unearedc1000

unploughed1523

unharrowed1580

unfoiled1611

quick1620

maiden1622

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xxxvi. f. xlix Lyght grounde wyll soone weare and wasshe with water, yf it be nat donged. And yf they lye vnplowed, they wyll growe full of brome and ferne.

1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 25 What is it to sowe seede uppon the grasse or greene swarde, unplowed or undigged?

1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. ii. 30 Like to that smell, which oft our sense descries Within a field which long vnplowed lies.

1649 R. Lovelace Scrutinie iii Like skilfull Minerallists that sound For Treasure in un-plow'd-up ground.

1715 E. Baynard in J. Floyer & E. Baynard Ψυχρολουσια (ed. 4) Ep. Ded. ii When they are at a Stand, and their repeated Insignificancies baffled, they scratch the fallow and unplow'd-up Side of their Noddles, and propose a Hot or Cold Bath.

1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. iii. 40 Allow two fields to lie unploughed;..they will produce very different plants.

1787 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Norfolk I. 142 In rice-balking, the ‘flag’ is always turned toward the unplowed ground.

1835 C. Howard Gen. View Agric. E. Riding Yorks. 4 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III The ridge freshly turned up then covers the unploughed ground.

1891 W. J. Malden Tillage 106 To throw the split-furrows on to the unploughed land.

1948 G. W. Southgate Eng. Econ. Hist. (new ed.) i. 5 The strips were marked off by nothing more than a row of stones or a grass balk of the width of a furrow left unploughed.

2000 Church Times 21 July 24/3 I declare it a meadow, for three years of being unploughed is bringing forth grasses galore.

b. Bookbinding. Of a book: not trimmed with a plough (plough n.¹ 5a). Cf. plough v. 9b. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > other processes

broken (over)1879

unploughed1886

1886 W. George's Catal. No. 129. 1 Cloth and boarded books are always edges unplowed (if so issued.)

c. Of an area, esp. a road: not cleared of snow with a snowplough. Cf. plough v. 9e.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > covered with snow > blocked by snow

snowed-up1836

snowed-in1904

unploughed1923

1923 Boston Globe 24 Jan. 14/2 There have been many instances of eight or ten trucks being stuck in the snow on the same stretch of unplowed road.

1971 A. McCaffrey Mark of Merlin i. 10 The jeep's four-wheel drive found what traction there existed on the bad surface of the unplowed road.

1985 R. Davies What's bred in Bone (1986) ii. 90 In Spring, when the unploughed roads gradually lost their layers of snow, the droppings of November perfumed the air of April.

2009 J. Updike in New Yorker 16 Mar. 95/2 I had to move to beautiful New England—its triple deckers, whited churches, unplowed streets—to learn how drear and deadly life can be.

2. Of an area of water: not travelled by ships or boats. Cf. plough v. 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [adjective] > unfrequented > untrodden or untraversed

untroddena1300

unpassed1542

unsaileda1572

unridden1574

untroda1593

unpractised1621

unpassen1624

untouched1628

untraced1641

untravelled1646

untrampled1648

unwalked1648

unwandered1654

unploughed1655

uninfested1670

unentered1774

unkeeled1807

untraversed1807

unscaled1812

unvoyaged1816

unfooted1818

unthrid1843

unthreaded1895

1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad v. xli. 104 My large Seas your daring keeles invade, Which I so long injoy'd, and kept alone, Unplough'd by forreign Vessel, or our owne.

1670 J. Ogilby tr. A. Montanus Atlas Japannensis 8 After his Decease, the whole business of Navigation fell, and the Sea lay Fallow, unploughed by the Portuguese twenty years.

1750 E. Kimber Life Joe Thompson II. xlvi. 143 The vast and unploughed Southern Ocean.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 287 The daring adventurer that violates their unploughed waters.

1859 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (new ed.) ii. 38 This unploughed sea would be an oft-used thoroughfare.

1920 Proc. 10th Ann. Meeting Calif. Bar Assoc. 13 It brought at once fleets of ships to the unplowed waters of the Pacific.

1996 P. Hyland Backwards out of Big World v. 55 Portuguese who dared to navigate unploughed waters and to cross forbidden boundaries.

3. Of the face, brow, etc.: not furrowed deeply with wrinkles. Cf. plough v. 6. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > wrinkle > not having

unwrinkled1547

smooth-faced1591

smooth-skinned1611

unpleated1612

unbunched1615

sleek1638

sleekyc1725

unploughed1826

unlined1840

1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man III. ix. 278 Beware, fair being, with human heart, yet untamed by care, and human brow, yet unploughed by time.

1864 W. C. Bryant New & Old 21 Brows unploughed by care.

1897 T. Hardy Well-beloved iii. ii. 248 A ruddy lip and cheek and an unploughed brow.

1969 R. A. Lafferty Fourth Mansions ii. 27 That unplowed face of Foley was getting faint plow-marks now.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unploughed
释义	unploughedunplowedadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈplaʊd/, U.S. /ˌənˈplaʊd/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and ploughed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, ploughed adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + ploughed adj. Compare Middle Low German ungeplōget, Old Swedish oplögdher (Swedish oplöjd). 1. a. Of an area of land: not ploughed. Also with up. Also figurative or in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [adjective] > unploughed unearedc1000 unploughed1523 unharrowed1580 unfoiled1611 quick1620 maiden1622 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xxxvi. f. xlix Lyght grounde wyll soone weare and wasshe with water, yf it be nat donged. And yf they lye vnplowed, they wyll growe full of brome and ferne. 1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 25 What is it to sowe seede uppon the grasse or greene swarde, unplowed or undigged? 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. ii. 30 Like to that smell, which oft our sense descries Within a field which long vnplowed lies. 1649 R. Lovelace Scrutinie iii Like skilfull Minerallists that sound For Treasure in un-plow'd-up ground. 1715 E. Baynard in J. Floyer & E. Baynard Ψυχρολουσια (ed. 4) Ep. Ded. ii When they are at a Stand, and their repeated Insignificancies baffled, they scratch the fallow and unplow'd-up Side of their Noddles, and propose a Hot or Cold Bath. 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. iii. 40 Allow two fields to lie unploughed;..they will produce very different plants. 1787 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Norfolk I. 142 In rice-balking, the ‘flag’ is always turned toward the unplowed ground. 1835 C. Howard Gen. View Agric. E. Riding Yorks. 4 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III The ridge freshly turned up then covers the unploughed ground. 1891 W. J. Malden Tillage 106 To throw the split-furrows on to the unploughed land. 1948 G. W. Southgate Eng. Econ. Hist. (new ed.) i. 5 The strips were marked off by nothing more than a row of stones or a grass balk of the width of a furrow left unploughed. 2000 Church Times 21 July 24/3 I declare it a meadow, for three years of being unploughed is bringing forth grasses galore. b. Bookbinding. Of a book: not trimmed with a plough (plough n.¹ 5a). Cf. plough v. 9b. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > other processes broken (over)1879 unploughed1886 1886 W. George's Catal. No. 129. 1 Cloth and boarded books are always edges unplowed (if so issued.) c. Of an area, esp. a road: not cleared of snow with a snowplough. Cf. plough v. 9e. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > covered with snow > blocked by snow snowed-up1836 snowed-in1904 unploughed1923 1923 Boston Globe 24 Jan. 14/2 There have been many instances of eight or ten trucks being stuck in the snow on the same stretch of unplowed road. 1971 A. McCaffrey Mark of Merlin i. 10 The jeep's four-wheel drive found what traction there existed on the bad surface of the unplowed road. 1985 R. Davies What's bred in Bone (1986) ii. 90 In Spring, when the unploughed roads gradually lost their layers of snow, the droppings of November perfumed the air of April. 2009 J. Updike in New Yorker 16 Mar. 95/2 I had to move to beautiful New England—its triple deckers, whited churches, unplowed streets—to learn how drear and deadly life can be. 2. Of an area of water: not travelled by ships or boats. Cf. plough v. 5. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [adjective] > unfrequented > untrodden or untraversed untroddena1300 unpassed1542 unsaileda1572 unridden1574 untroda1593 unpractised1621 unpassen1624 untouched1628 untraced1641 untravelled1646 untrampled1648 unwalked1648 unwandered1654 unploughed1655 uninfested1670 unentered1774 unkeeled1807 untraversed1807 unscaled1812 unvoyaged1816 unfooted1818 unthrid1843 unthreaded1895 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad v. xli. 104 My large Seas your daring keeles invade, Which I so long injoy'd, and kept alone, Unplough'd by forreign Vessel, or our owne. 1670 J. Ogilby tr. A. Montanus Atlas Japannensis 8 After his Decease, the whole business of Navigation fell, and the Sea lay Fallow, unploughed by the Portuguese twenty years. 1750 E. Kimber Life Joe Thompson II. xlvi. 143 The vast and unploughed Southern Ocean. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 287 The daring adventurer that violates their unploughed waters. 1859 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (new ed.) ii. 38 This unploughed sea would be an oft-used thoroughfare. 1920 Proc. 10th Ann. Meeting Calif. Bar Assoc. 13 It brought at once fleets of ships to the unplowed waters of the Pacific. 1996 P. Hyland Backwards out of Big World v. 55 Portuguese who dared to navigate unploughed waters and to cross forbidden boundaries. 3. Of the face, brow, etc.: not furrowed deeply with wrinkles. Cf. plough v. 6. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > wrinkle > not having unwrinkled1547 smooth-faced1591 smooth-skinned1611 unpleated1612 unbunched1615 sleek1638 sleekyc1725 unploughed1826 unlined1840 1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man III. ix. 278 Beware, fair being, with human heart, yet untamed by care, and human brow, yet unploughed by time. 1864 W. C. Bryant New & Old 21 Brows unploughed by care. 1897 T. Hardy Well-beloved iii. ii. 248 A ruddy lip and cheek and an unploughed brow. 1969 R. A. Lafferty Fourth Mansions ii. 27 That unplowed face of Foley was getting faint plow-marks now. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1523
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