plough down

verb

To dig up and incorporate a legume crop into the soil by ploughing it over when it is fully grown.

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Meanings

verbplough down (third-person singular simple present ploughs down, present participle ploughing down, simple past and past participle ploughed down)

present singular third person ploughs down · participle present ploughing down · participle past ploughed down · past ploughed down

  1. transitiveTo dig up and incorporate a legume crop into the soil by ploughing it over when it is fully grown.
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