plow (verb)

  • 71History of skiing — Skiing, or traveling over snow on wooden runners, has a recorded history of almost five millennia. Ancient history The first hints to the existence of skis are on 4500 to 5000 year old rock drawings, e.g. at Rødøy in Norway (discovered 1933) or… …

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  • 72Dead metaphor — A dead metaphor is a metaphor which has lost the original imagery of its meaning due to extensive, repetitive popular usage. Because dead metaphors have a conventional meaning that differs from the original, they can be understood without knowing …

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  • 73sail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cruise, voyage; set sail; navigate, traverse. See navigation. n. canvas; moonsail, moon raker; jib, foresail, lateen, lug, mainsail, mizzen, spanker, topsail. See ship. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Means of …

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  • 74till — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) prep. until, up to, down to. See time. v. cultivate, plow, farm. See agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cash register, drawer, tray, box, money box, shelf, cabinet drawer; see also safe , vault 2 . v.… …

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  • 75harrow — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disk, cultivator, drag; see plow , shovel , tractor . Types of harrows include: disk harrow, Scotch harrow, cultipacker, double action harrow, cutaway harrow, spading harrow. v. 1. [To use a harrow on land] Syn. drag, dig,… …

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  • 76summer-fallow — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to plow and work (land) in summer in order to prepare for sowing in the fall or the following spring : plow and let lie fallow …

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  • 77bull-tongue — bull tongue, U.S. a simple form of plow. bull tongue «BUL TUHNG», transitive verb. tongued, tongu|ing. U.S. to plow with a bull tongue …

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  • 78fur´row|less — fur|row «FUR oh», noun, verb. –n. 1. a long, narrow groove or track cut in the ground by a plow. 2. any long, narrow groove or track: »the furrows between waves of the sea. Heavy trucks made deep furrows in the muddy road. 3. Figurative. a… …

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  • 79fur´row|er — fur|row «FUR oh», noun, verb. –n. 1. a long, narrow groove or track cut in the ground by a plow. 2. any long, narrow groove or track: »the furrows between waves of the sea. Heavy trucks made deep furrows in the muddy road. 3. Figurative. a… …

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  • 80fur|row — «FUR oh», noun, verb. –n. 1. a long, narrow groove or track cut in the ground by a plow. 2. any long, narrow groove or track: »the furrows between waves of the sea. Heavy trucks made deep furrows in the muddy road. 3. Figurative. a wrinkle: »a… …

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