plough up

A form of plow up — To uncover or unearth (something) through plowing.

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Meanings

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

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

  1. UKalternativeAlternative spelling of plow up.

    Here the route disappeared for about 200 yd. across a ploughed-up field, where we found what we thought to be one of the original slate sleepers now being used as part of a fence; […].

    1945 July and August, “Notes and News: The Penrhyn Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 238
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APA

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“plough up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plough%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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