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   Plow

   /plou/

   

   noun

   • 1. a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn by a tractor or by animals and used for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it over, especially to prepare for the planting of seeds.
   • ▪ a snowplow. North American
   • 2. a yoga pose assumed by lying on one's back and swinging one's legs over one's head until the outstretched feet approach or touch the floor: "positions like plow and headstand can strain the neck"

   verb

   • 1. turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plow, especially before sowing: "Uncle Vic plowed his garden" Similar cultivatetillworkfurrowharrowridgebreak upturn up
   • ▪ cut (a furrow or line) with or as if with a plow: "icebergs have plowed furrows on the seabed"
   • ▪ (of a ship or boat) travel through (an area of water): "cruise liners plow the long-sailed routes"
   • 2. (especially of a vehicle) move in a fast and uncontrolled manner: "the car plowed into the side of a van" Similar careerplungecrashsmashbulldozehurtlecannonlurchdriveruncareeninformal:barrel
   • ▪ advance or progress laboriously or forcibly: "they plowed their way through deep snow" Similar trudgeplodtoilclumppush one's waywadeflounderpressmove laboriouslyinformal:slogtrog
   • 3. clear snow from (a road) using a snowplow: North American "the roads weren't yet plowed"
   • 4. fail (an examination). informal, dated British

   Word Origin late Old Englishplōh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ploeg and German Pflug. The spelling plough became common in England in the 18th century; earlier (16th–17th centuries) the noun was normally spelled plough, the verb plow.

   Derivatives

   • 1. plowable adjective
   • 2. plower noun

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   What is plow noun?

   • Definition of plow noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a large piece of farming equipment with one or several curved blades, (= metal cutting parts) pulled by a tractor or by animals. It is used for digging and turning over soil, especially before seeds are planted. Topics Farming c2

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   What is a plow used for?

   • A plow is a large tool used for farming. A farmer drives or pulls a plow across a field to prepare it for planting. The large blades of a plow break up the earth, cutting and turning it so it's loose and ready to be planted with seeds. When you operate a plow, you can say that you plow.

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   What does plow up mean?

   • to tear up, cut into, or make a furrow, groove, etc. in (a surface) with or as if with a plow (often fol. by up): The tractor plowed up an acre of trees. to clear by the use of a plow, esp. a snowplow (sometimes fol. by out): The city's work crews were busily plowing the streets after the blizzard.

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   What does plow under mean?

   • to move through water by cleaving the surface: a ship plowing through a turbulent sea. to bury under soil by plowing. to cause to disappear; force out of existence; overwhelm: Many mom-and-pop groceries have been plowed under by the big chain stores.

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   A plow is a large tool used for farming. A farmer drives or pulls a plow across a field to prepare it for planting. The large blades of a plow break up the earth, cutting and turning it so it's loose and ready to be planted with seeds. When you operate a plow, you can say that you plow.

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   The meaning of PLOW is an implement used to cut, lift, and turn over soil especially in preparing a seedbed. How to use plow in a sentence.

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   noun. an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil. any of various implements resembling or suggesting this, as a kind of plane for cutting grooves or a contrivance for clearing away snow from a road or track. Type Founding. (formerly) an instrument for cutting the groove in the foot of type.

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   Definition of plow noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. plow. noun. /plaʊ/ (North American English) ( British English plough) a large piece of farming equipment with one or several curved blades, (= metal cutting parts) pulled by a tractor or by animals.

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