Plow

//plaʊ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
Alternative spelling of plough. US, alt-of, alternative
"A plow, they say, to plow the snow. They cannot mean to plant it, no– Unless in bitterness to mock At having cultivated rock."
2
a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing wordnet

Verb

1
Alternative spelling of plough. US, alt-of, alternative
"Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety."
2
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression wordnet
3
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow wordnet
4
move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil wordnet

Synonyms

action address all-crop harvester ass backset baler

Example

"In order to get the soil ready for planting you must plow it."

Related phrases

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