Plough

//plaʊ//

Synonyms for "plough" (148 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (30)

Proper Noun(2 words)
big dippercharles' wain

Strong matches (44)

Proper Noun(1 words)
drinking gourd

Related words (74)

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

6 entries

derived

67 entries

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form of

1 entries

has context

10 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

22 entries

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Translations

384 translations across 148 languages.

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Abaza

1 entries
  • кӏватан noun (device pulled through the ground)

Abkhaz

2 entries
  • акуаҭана noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • акәаҭан noun (device pulled through the ground)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • ploeg verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Albanian

4 entries
  • parmendë noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • plug noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • lëroj verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • plugoj verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • ἄροτρον noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ἀροτριάω verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • ἀροτριάω verb (use a plough)
  • ἀρόω verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Arabic

4 entries
  • محرات noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • مِحْرَاث noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • حرت verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • حرت verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Armenian

4 entries
  • արոր noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • գութան noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • արորել verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • հերկել verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Aromanian

4 entries
  • aletrã noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • aratru noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • paramendã noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • plug (roa-rup) noun (device pulled through the ground)

Assamese

3 entries
  • নাঙল noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • হাল noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • হাল বোৱা verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Asturian

3 entries
  • aladru noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • aráu noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • llabiegu noun (device pulled through the ground)

Avar

1 entries
  • кутан noun (device pulled through the ground)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • cüt noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • kotan noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • sapan noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • kotanlamaq verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • һабан noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • һуҡа noun (device pulled through the ground)

Basque

1 entries
  • golde noun (device pulled through the ground)

Bats

1 entries
  • გუთა^ნ noun (device pulled through the ground)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • плуг noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ара́ць verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • узара́ць verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • हर noun (device pulled through the ground)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • arado noun (device pulled through the ground)

Breton

1 entries
  • arar noun (device pulled through the ground)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • Голя́ма ме́чка noun (alternative name for Ursa Major)
  • плуг noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ора́ verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Burmese

4 entries
  • ထယ် noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ခွဲ verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • ထယ်ထိုး verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • ထွန် verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Campidanese Sardinian

4 entries
  • arai verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • arai verb (use a plough)
  • manixài verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • manixài verb (use a plough)

Catalan

3 entries
  • arada noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • llaurar verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • llaurar verb (use a plough)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • daro noun (device pulled through the ground)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • کێڵان verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Chechen

1 entries
  • гота noun (device pulled through the ground)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎦᏓᎷᎩᎠ verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 犁 noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • 犁頭 /犁头 noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • 耕 verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • 耕地 verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • орати verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Cornish

1 entries
  • arader noun (device pulled through the ground)

Czech

2 entries
  • pluh noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • orat verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Danish

4 entries
  • plov noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • pløje verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • pløje verb (use a plough)
  • pløje verb (vulgar: have sex with)

Dargwa

1 entries
  • гутан noun (device pulled through the ground)

Dutch

3 entries
  • ploeg noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ploegen verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • ploegen verb (use a plough)

Egyptian

2 entries
  • h-b-U13 noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • s-kA-A-U13 verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • plugilo noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • plugi verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Estonian

2 entries
  • ader noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • kündma verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Farefare

1 entries
  • nii-kũure noun (device pulled through the ground)

Faroese

3 entries
  • plógv noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • pløga verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • pløga verb (use a plough)

Finnish

4 entries
  • Iso Karhu noun (alternative name for Ursa Major)
  • aura noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • tasausleikkuri noun (bookbinder's implement)
  • urahöylä noun (plane for making grooves)

French

4 entries
  • araire (swing-plough) noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • charrue noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • labourer verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • labourer verb (use a plough)

Friulian

3 entries
  • vuarzine noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • vuàrgine noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • arâ verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Galician

4 entries
  • arado noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • garfela noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • lavega noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • lavego noun (device pulled through the ground)

Gallurese

2 entries
  • laurà verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • laurà verb (use a plough)

Garo

3 entries
  • lang-gol noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • nang-gol noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • nanggri noun (device pulled through the ground)

Georgian

2 entries
  • გუთანი noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ერქვანი noun (device pulled through the ground)

German

4 entries
  • Pflug noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ficken verb (vulgar: have sex with)
  • pflügen verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • pflügen verb (use a plough)

Greek

2 entries
  • άροτρο noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • αλέτρι noun (device pulled through the ground)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • હળ noun (device pulled through the ground)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מַחְרֵשָׁה noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • חָרַשׁ verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • חָרַשׁ verb (use a plough)

Hindi

3 entries
  • नांगल noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • हल noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • हल चलाना verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • eke noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ekéz verb (use a plough)
  • szánt verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • szánt verb (use a plough)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • plógur noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • plægja verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • bajak noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • waluku noun (device pulled through the ground)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • adra noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • pluuga noun (device pulled through the ground)

Ingush

2 entries
  • гота noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • нух noun (device pulled through the ground)

Irish

3 entries
  • arathar noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • céachta noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • treabh verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Italian

4 entries
  • Grande Carro noun (alternative name for Ursa Major)
  • aratrice noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • aratro noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • arare verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 鋤 noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • 鍬 noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • 耕す verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Javanese

1 entries
  • waluku noun (device pulled through the ground)

Karachay-Balkar

3 entries
  • гатон noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • плуг noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • сабан агъач noun (device pulled through the ground)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • соқа noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • айдау verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • жырту verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Khmer

4 entries
  • នង្គ័ល noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • អង្គ័ល noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ភ្ជួរ verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • ភ្ជួរដី verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Korean

3 entries
  • 쟁기 noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • 갈다 verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • 쟁기질하다 verb (use a plough)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • соко noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • жер айдоо verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Ladin

1 entries
  • cadria noun (device pulled through the ground)

Lao

2 entries
  • ໄຖ noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ໄຖ verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • orklys noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • art verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Latin

3 entries
  • aratrum noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • arō verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • arō verb (use a plough)

Latvian

2 entries
  • arkls noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • art verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • куьтен noun (device pulled through the ground)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • plūgas noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • arti verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Livonian

1 entries
  • addõrz noun (device pulled through the ground)

Livvi

1 entries
  • adru noun (device pulled through the ground)

Low German

1 entries
  • Ploog noun (device pulled through the ground)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries
  • chołuj noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • wóraś verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • zwóraś verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Plou noun (device pulled through the ground)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • плуг noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ора verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • ора verb (use a plough)

Malay

1 entries
  • bajak noun (device pulled through the ground)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • കലപ്പ noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ഉഴുക verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Maltese

1 entries
  • moħriet noun (device pulled through the ground)

Manx

1 entries
  • keeaght noun (device pulled through the ground)

Marathi

4 entries
  • अऊत noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • नांगर noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • हल noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • नांगरणे verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Mazanderani

1 entries
  • ازال noun (device pulled through the ground)

Megleno-Romanian

2 entries
  • ărat noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ar verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • გუთანი noun (device pulled through the ground)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • анжис noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ᠠᠨᠵᠢᠰᠤ noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • хагалах verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠯᠬᠤ verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Māori

4 entries
  • parau noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • kōriparipa verb (nautical: run through water)
  • parau verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • parau verb (use a plough)

Norman

4 entries
  • kyerüü noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • qùérue noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • tchérue noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • tchéthue noun (device pulled through the ground)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • pluuge verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • kotan noun (device pulled through the ground)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • pløye verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • pløye verb (use a plough)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • plog noun (device pulled through the ground)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • plog noun (device pulled through the ground)

Occitan

3 entries
  • araire noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • arar verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • laurar verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • արօր noun (device pulled through the ground)

Old East Slavic

3 entries
  • плугъ noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • орати verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • пахати verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Old English

2 entries
  • erian verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • erian verb (use a plough)

Old Javanese

1 entries
  • waluku noun (device pulled through the ground)

Oromo

2 entries
  • maarashaa noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • qotuu verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Ossetian

2 entries
  • готон noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • гу́тон noun (device pulled through the ground)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • صبان noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • قوطان noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • پلوغ noun (device pulled through the ground)

Pali

2 entries
  • hala noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • naṅgala noun (device pulled through the ground)

Persian

3 entries
  • خیش noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • گاوآهن noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • شخم زدن verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Pluach noun (device pulled through the ground)

Polish

3 entries
  • Wielka Niedźwiedzica noun (alternative name for Ursa Major)
  • pług noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • orać verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • arado noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • arar verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • arar verb (use a plough)
  • lavrar verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Quechua

1 entries
  • yapuy verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Romanian

4 entries
  • arat noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • plug noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ara verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • ara verb (use a plough)

Romansch

2 entries
  • arader noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • criec noun (device pulled through the ground)

Russian

4 entries
  • плуг noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • вспа́хивать verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • вспаха́ть verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • ора́ть verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Saek

1 entries
  • ไถ่ noun (device pulled through the ground)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • लाङ्गल noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • हल noun (device pulled through the ground)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱥᱤ verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • laorare verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • laorare verb (use a plough)
  • laurare verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • laurare verb (use a plough)

Sassarese

3 entries
  • aradu noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • laurà verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • sdc verb (use a plough)

Scots

4 entries
  • pleuch noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • plou noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • pleuch verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • plou verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • jore noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • plȕg noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • плу̏г noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • јоре noun (device pulled through the ground)

Shan

1 entries
  • ထႆ noun (device pulled through the ground)

Slovak

2 entries
  • pluh noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • orať verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Slovene

3 entries
  • plug noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ralo noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • orati verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Spanish

4 entries
  • Carro Mayor noun (alternative name for Ursa Major)
  • arado noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • aladrar verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • arar verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Swahili

1 entries
  • plau noun (device pulled through the ground)

Swedish

4 entries
  • plog noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ploga verb (use a plough)
  • plöja verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • plöja verb (use a plough)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • araro noun (device pulled through the ground)

Tajik

2 entries
  • сипор noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • шудгор кардан verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Tamil

4 entries
  • உழுபடை noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ஏர் noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • கலப்பை noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ஞாஞ்சில் noun (device pulled through the ground)

Tatar

1 entries
  • сабан noun (device pulled through the ground)

Tausug

1 entries
  • araru noun (device pulled through the ground)

Telugu

3 entries
  • గొర్రు noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • నాగలి noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • దున్ను verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Thai

3 entries
  • ไถ noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ไถ verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • ไถ verb (use a plough)

Tocharian A

1 entries
  • āre noun (device pulled through the ground)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • āre noun (device pulled through the ground)

Turkish

4 entries
  • saban noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • becermek verb (vulgar: have sex with)
  • düzmek verb (vulgar: have sex with)
  • sikmek verb (vulgar: have sex with)

Udi

1 entries
  • коьтаьн noun (device pulled through the ground)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • геры noun (device pulled through the ground)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎈𐎗𐎘 verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • плуг noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • зо́рювати verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • зора́ти verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • ора́ти verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Urdu

3 entries
  • نانگل noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ہل noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • ہل چلانا verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • plug noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • er haydamoq verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • haydamoq verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Venetan

1 entries
  • varsuro noun (device pulled through the ground)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cày noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • cày verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Vilamovian

1 entries
  • fłüg noun (device pulled through the ground)

Votic

1 entries
  • adrõ noun (device pulled through the ground)

Walloon

4 entries
  • eraire (swing-plough) noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • tcherowe noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • rabourer verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)
  • tcherwer verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

Welsh

2 entries
  • aradr noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • aredig verb (use a plough on soil to prepare for planting)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • ploech noun (device pulled through the ground)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אַקער noun (device pulled through the ground)
  • אַקערן verb (use a plough)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Better to have one plough going than two cradles.

Source: tatoeba (280828)

He exchanged a plough for a sword.

Source: tatoeba (290193)

Can city-boys plough?

Source: tatoeba (3305403)

Yoke the oxen to the plough.

Source: tatoeba (3309722)

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