plow

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Canada, US/plaʊ/

A form of plough — A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

nounplow (plural plows)

plural plows

  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of plough.

    A plow, they say, to plow the snow. They cannot mean to plant it, no– Unless in bitterness to mock At having cultivated rock.

    2019 December 10, Cider Mill Press, Robert Frost Signature Notebook (The Signature Notebook Series), Simon & Schuster, →ISBN
verbplow (third-person singular simple present plows, present participle plowing, simple past and past participle plowed)

present singular third person plows · participle present plowing · participle past plowed · past plowed

  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of plough.

    Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.

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    It was the Viking habit. Even as a man plowed his field or chopped trees in the woods, his byrnie and his sword were always at hand.

    1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 33

    Government institutions seem prepared to continue plowing public funds into the projects. A Brazilian newspaper reported Tuesday that the national development bank had approved a new loan of about $200 million for Itaquerão, a new stadium in São Paulo that is expected to host the opening match of the World Cup.

    2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

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verbto break and turn over earth especially with a plow

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verbact on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

verbmove in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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