plough
21plough — (US plow) noun 1》 a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds. ↘land that has been ploughed. 2》 (the Plough) Brit. a prominent… …
22plough on — verb continue moving forward • Syn: ↑press on, ↑push on • Hypernyms: ↑advance, ↑progress, ↑pass on, ↑move on, ↑march on, ↑go on …
23plough — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE plow) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ horse drawn, ox drawn ▪ the demise of the horse drawn plough VERB + PLOUGH/PLOW …
24plough up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms plough up : present tense I/you/we/they plough up he/she/it ploughs up present participle ploughing up past tense ploughed up past participle ploughed up 1) to turn over the grass surface of a field with a… …
25Plough — Plow Plow, Plough Plough, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plowed} (ploud) or {Ploughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plowing} or {Ploughing}.] 1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.… …
26Plough — Plow Plow, Plough Plough (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[=o]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[=o]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug , Lith. plugas.] 1. A well known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen,… …
27Plough — Plow Plow, Plough Plough (plou), v. i. To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything. Shak. [1913 Webster] Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? Isa. xxviii. 24. [1913… …
28plough — [OE] Plough was not the original English word for an ‘implement for turning over the soil’. That was Old English sulh, a relative of Latin sulcus ‘furrow’. Plough was borrowed in the 10th century from Old Norse plógr, a descendant of prehistoric… …
29plough on — PHRASAL VERB: no passive If you plough on, you continue moving or trying to complete something, even though it takes a lot of effort to go on. [V P] The King, however dispirited, ploughs on... [V P with n] The Chancellor has opted to plough on… …
30plough up — PHRASAL VERB If someone ploughs up an area of land, they plough it, usually in order to turn it into land used for growing crops. [V P n] It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat …
