plow (verb)
11plow — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plōh hide of land; akin to Old High German pfluog plow Date: 12th century 1. an implement used to cut, lift, and turn over soil especially in preparing a seedbed 2. any of various devices (as a… …
12plow — I plow, plough (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cultivate, dig, till, turn, break, furrow. See agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of plows include: moldboard, gang, steam, tractor, double, straddle, sulky, wheel, mole, skim,… …
13plow — /plaʊ/ (say plow) noun, verb (t), verb (i) Chiefly US → plough …
14plow out — transitive verb 1. a. : to bring to the surface by or as if by plowing : plow up : turn up b. : to remove or eradicate with or as if with a plow 2. : to excavate or hollow out by plowing or by a process suggestive of plowing deep gullies plowed… …
15plow under — transitive verb 1. a. : to cover a green manure crop, crop residues, or barnyard manure by plowing b. : to plow a field of a growing unharvested crop 2. : to cause to disappear : bury, overwhelm let us not plow under the family farmer… …
16plow up — transitive verb 1. : to bring to the surface by or as if by plowing : turn, cast, or pull up with or as if with a plow had plowed quite a lot of arrowheads up plow up the beets Accent by hard wor …
17plow back — transitive verb : to retain (profits) for reinvestment in a business management … will plow back its earnings into new plant and equipment J.R.Miller requires that 10 percent be plowed back into advertising Fortune …
18plow back — transitive verb Date: 1930 to reinvest (profits) in a business • plowback noun …
19plow under — transitive verb Date: 1900 to cause to disappear ; bury, overwhelm …
20plow — noun & verb US spelling of plough …
