[plow] or plough n [ME, fr. OE ploh hide of land; akin to OHG pfluog plow] (12c) 1: an implement used to cut, lift, and turn over soil esp. in preparing a seedbed
2: any of various devices (as a snowplow) operating like a plow
[2]plow or plough vt (15c) 1 a: to turn, break up, or work with a plow b: to make (as a furrow) with a plow
2: to cut into, open, or make furrows or ridges in with or as if with a plow
3: to cleave the surface of or move through (water) "whales ~ing the ocean"
4: to clear away snow from with a snowplow "~ the street" ~ vi 1 a: to use a plow b: to bear or admit of plowing
2. a: to move in a way resembling that of a plow "the car ~ed into a fence" b: to proceed steadily and laboriously "had to ~ through a stack of letters" -- plow.able adj -- plow.er n