plow,
also plough
(plou)
[Middle English plough, plouw, from Old English plōh, plōg, plow, plowland.]
noun
- A farm implement consisting of a heavy blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil and cutting furrows in preparation for sowing.
- An implement of similar function, such as a snowplow.
verb: plowed, also ploughed, plow·ing, plough·ing, plows, ploughs
transitive verb
- To break and turn over (earth) with a plow.
- To form (a furrow, for example) with a plow.
- To form furrows in with or as if with a plow: plow a field.
- To make or form with driving force: I plowed my way through the crowd.
- To cut through (water): plow the high seas.
intransitive verb
- To break and turn up earth with a plow.
- To admit of plowing: Rocky earth plows poorly.
- To move or progress with driving force: The attackers formed a wedge and plowed through the enemy line.
- To proceed laboriously; plod: plowed through the backlog of work.
phrasal verbs
- plow back
- To reinvest (earnings or profits) in one's business.
- plow into
- To strike with force.
- To undertake (a task, for example) with eagerness and vigor.
- plow under
- To cause to vanish under something piled up.
- To overwhelm, as with burdens.
derivatives
- ploẃa·ble
- adjective
- ploẃer
- noun
Plow
(plou)
noun
- See Big Dipper
Big Dipper
noun
- A cluster of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major, four forming the bowl and three the handle of a dipper-shaped configuration. Also called Charles's Wain, Plow
