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plow
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- pronunciation:
- plaU
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a heavy farm tool that has a broad blade, is drawn by a tractor or animals, and is used for turning and cultivating the soil.
The farmer hitched the horse to the plow.- similar words:
- backhoe, harrow, lister
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| definition 2: |
any of a variety of similar heavy tools or machines, such as a machine to clear away snow.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
plows, plowing, plowed |
| definition 1: |
to cut into or turn over by using a plow; till.
They'll begin plowing the fields soon.The land could not be plowed until the large stones were removed.The soil has been plowed and is ready for planting.
- synonyms:
- cultivate, till
- similar words:
- cleave, cultivate, drive, farm, fold, funnel, furrow, harrow, hoe, press, push, rake, shear, shove, till, work
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| definition 2: |
to make (furrows) by using a plow.
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| definition 3: |
to cleave or make furrows in, with or as if with a plow (sometimes fol. by "up").
He needs to plow up that field soon.The skiff plowed the water. |
| definition 4: |
to drive (one's way) laboriously, as if using a plow.
They plowed their way through the dense thicket. |
| definition 5: |
to reuse or reinvest (often fol. by "back").
She plowed back her earnings into the business. |
| related words: |
cultivate, root |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to work the soil with a plow; till.
All the farmers are plowing now.- synonyms:
- till, toil
- similar words:
- break, cut, dive, labor, plod, slog, travail, work
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| definition 2: |
of land or earth, to submit to plowing; be broken or cut by a plow.
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| definition 3: |
to proceed with determination and with difficulty into or through something.
She plowed through the pile of reports in two days.He plowed into the work.- similar words:
- toil
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| definition 4: |
to pass through water, cleaving the surface as a plow cuts soil.
The boat plowed across the lake.- similar words:
- cut, drive
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| related words: |
root |
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| derivations: |
plowable (adj.), plower (n.) |
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