plough

[plou] /plaʊ/
noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object), Chiefly British
1.
plow.
Related forms
unploughed, adjective
Examples from the web for plough
  • In a corner of the dilapidated research station where he had tried to sleep, he found a rusting plough.
  • Also to bury your charcoal you have to plough it in.
  • Investing in a snow plough for the coming winter is probably unwise, therefore.
  • Professional lobbyists willing to plough through the process therefore often have a big advantage.
  • The metallic voice keeps telling me to plough into brick walls.
  • Harvests increased because farmers took more land under the plough.
  • Then the plough came along and suddenly you had a few hours left at the end of the day, so you spent it building your house.
  • The animal he bestrode was a broken-down plough-horse, that had outlived almost every thing but his viciousness.
  • To plough, he ranked only in the fourth place of profit and advantage.
  • Thus equipped, bikes are ideal for freeway riding, but are not cut out to ford wild streams or plough through squelching bogs.
British Dictionary definitions for plough

plough

/plaʊ/
noun
1.
an agricultural implement with sharp blades, attached to a horse, tractor, etc, for cutting or turning over the earth
2.
any of various similar implements, such as a device for clearing snow
3.
a plane with a narrow blade for cutting grooves in wood
4.
(in agriculture) ploughed land
5.
put one's hand to the plough, to begin or undertake a task
verb
6.
to till (the soil) with a plough
7.
to make (furrows or grooves) in (something) with or as if with a plough
8.
when intr, usually foll by through. to move (through something) in the manner of a plough: the ship ploughed the water
9.
(intransitive) foll by through. to work at slowly or perseveringly
10.
(intransitive; foll by into or through) (of a vehicle) to run uncontrollably into something in its path: the plane ploughed into the cottage roof
11.
(transitive; foll by in, up, under, etc) to turn over (a growing crop, manure, etc) into the earth with a plough
12.
(intransitive) (Brit, slang) to fail an examination
Derived Forms
plougher, especially (US) plower, noun
Word Origin
Old English plōg plough land; related to Old Norse plogr, Old High German pfluoc

Plough

/plaʊ/
noun
1.
the Plough, the group of the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa Major Also known as Charles's Wain Usual US name the Big Dipper
Word Origin and History for plough

alternative spelling of plow. Related: Ploughed; ploughing.

Slang definitions & phrases for plough

plow

verb

To do the sex act with or to a woman; screw (1606+ and probably before)


plough in the Bible

first referred to in Gen. 45:6, where the Authorized Version has "earing," but the Revised Version "ploughing;" next in Ex. 34:21 and Deut. 21:4. The plough was originally drawn by oxen, but sometimes also by asses and by men. (See AGRICULTURE.)