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plow
I. noun
or plough \ˈplau̇\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, plow, plowland, from Old English plōh plowland; akin to Middle Dutch ploech plow, Old High German pfluog
1.
a. archaic : plowland 1
b. chiefly Britain : plowed land : arable country
< eight acres of plow — Farmers Weekly (London) >
< was on plow with the clay clinging to my shoes — Ralph Hammond-Innes >
< trotting across the plow — Anthony Powell >
2. : an implement that is used to cut, lift, turn over, and partly pulverize the soil especially in the preparation of a seedbed and that consists typically of a share for cutting, a moldboard for lifting and turning the soil usually over a landside, a frog to which share, moldboard, and landside are attached, and a beam by which the implement is drawn — see disc plow
3. : any of various devices operating like a plow: as
a. : snowplow
b. : a ballast spreader
c. : an implement for unloading cars of earth or ballast
d. : a machine mounted on the side of a car body for ditching or grading at the side of the roadway
e. : a carpenter's plane for cutting a groove or rabbet
f. : a device for trimming the edges of books that consists of a knife resembling a chisel which is mounted on wood and slides between the runners of a lying press
g. : a device for making contact with the live wire or rail in a conduit
4. plough, chiefly Britain : flunk II
II. verb
or plough \“\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English plowen, ploughen, from plow, plough, n.
transitive verb
1.
a. : to turn up, break up, or trench (the soil) with a plow : till with or as with a plow
< plow a field >
b. : to make (as a furrow) with a plow
< a brown furrow had been plowed — Atlantic >
2.
a. : to cut into, tear up, or make furrows or ridges in (a surface) with or as if with a plow
< gophers that plow and loosen the prairie soil — E.W.Teale >
< plow the roads after a snowstorm >
— often used with up
< tanks … had plowed up muddy roads — N.Y.Times >
b. : to furrow (the face) deeply with wrinkles
< face … plowed with labor and sorrow — Thomas Carlyle >
c. chiefly Midland : cultivate — used especially of corn
< plowing corn all day … with his team and cultivator — Burl Ives >
d. : impregnate 1
< plow a woman >
< he plowed her, and she cropp'd — Shakespeare >
3. : to cleave the surface of or move through (water)
< ships plowing the seven seas >
4. : to cut a groove or rabbet in (a piece of wood) with a carpenter's plow
< risers are cut to size but not plowed — Building, Estimating & Contracting >
5. : to trim (as a book or paper) with a plow
6. : to turn over (grain) so as to expose fresh surfaces to the air and equalize temperature in malting
7. plough, chiefly Britain : flunk I
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to use a plow : till with a plow
< the farmer plowed all day >
b. : to bear or admit of plowing
< the land plows well now — Adrian Bell >
2.
a. : to move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
< the ship plowed southward >
— used often with through, along, into
< we plowed through the snow >
< he plowed through the crowds — S.H.Holbrook >
< plows along at a ten-knot rate — William Beebe >
< a truck plowed into her parked car — New York Times >
b. : to proceed steadily and laboriously : plod
< kept plowing ahead in spite of the difficulties >
— used often with through
< forced to plow through a summer reading list — Jane Cobb >
3. : to operate a carpenter's plow |