PLOUGH


Meaning of PLOUGH in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

Note: in AM, use 'plow'

1.

A ~ is a large farming tool with sharp blades which is pulled across the soil to turn it over, usually before seeds are planted.

N-COUNT

see also snow~

2.

When someone ~s an area of land, they turn over the soil using a ~.

They ~ed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland.

...a carefully ~ed field.

VERB: V n, V-ed

~ing

In Roman times November was a month of hard work in ~ing and sowing.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

to ~ a furrow: see furrow

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