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61Failure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Failure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 failure failure Sgm: N 1 nonsuccess nonsuccess nonfulfillment Sgm: N 1 dead failure dead failure successlessness Sgm: N 1 abortion abortion miscarriage Sgm: N 1 b …
62fallow — English has two words fallow, both of considerable antiquity. Fallow ‘uncultivated’ [OE] originally meant ‘ploughed land’. Its present day adjectival meaning ‘ploughed but not sown’ or, more broadly, just ‘uncultivated’, developed in the 15th… …
63plough back — PHRASAL VERB: usu passive If profits are ploughed back into a business, they are used to increase the size of the business or to improve it. [be V ed P into n] About 70 per cent of its profits are being ploughed back into the investment programme …
64Furlong — (Anglo Saxon field.) The length of a plough furrow ie. Furrow long. In the strip field farming system, the length of the field strip ploughed before turning the ox team to plough the next furrow. ♦ 220 yards length (x 22 yards (1 chain) = 1 acre …
65Flatt — (Anglo Saxon field.) The length of a plough furrow ie. Furrow long. In the strip field farming system, the length of the field strip ploughed before turning the ox team to plough the next furrow. ♦ 220 yards length (x 22 yards (1 chain) = 1 acre …
66plough — verb 1) the fields were ploughed Syn: till, furrow, harrow, cultivate, work 2) the car ploughed into a wall Syn: crash, smash, career, plunge, bulldoze, hurtle …
67plough ahead — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms plough ahead : present tense I/you/we/they plough ahead he/she/it ploughs ahead present participle ploughing ahead past tense ploughed ahead past participle ploughed ahead to continue to do something that… …
68plough on — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms plough on : present tense I/you/we/they plough on he/she/it ploughs on present participle ploughing on past tense ploughed on past participle ploughed on to continue doing something that takes a lot of… …
69plough 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… …
70plough — /plaʊ / (say plow) noun 1. an agricultural implement for cutting and turning over the soil. 2. any of various implements resembling this, as a plane for cutting grooves or a device for snow clearance. 3. a device on a tram, formerly used for… …
