transitive. Of a ship, etc.: to float or move on (the water); to sail on (the sea, waves, etc.), esp. in a buoyant manner.

transferred. To make a track or tracks in (water); to cleave; to plough.

transitive. To plough, make furrows in (also figurative); to dig up; (see also quot. 1882).

transitive. To plough (esp. the seas).

transitive. To plough (the seas). Also intransitive, sometimes with it.

Nautical. transitive. To cruise or sail about on (the sea). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. Of a vessel: to sail on or over; to negotiate shallows or other hazards in (a river, the sea, etc.). Also in figurative context.

To make valleys in, to furrow.