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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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