PLOUGH

Plough

The plough or plow is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting to loosen or turn the soil. Ploughs are drawn either by bullocks or other animals such as horses or camels or through a tractor. A plough may be made of wood, iron, or steel. It has been a basic instrument for most of recorded history, and represents one of the major advances in agriculture.

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plough

Noun

  1. A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
    The horse-drawn plough had a tremendous impact on agriculture.
  2. An alternative name for Ursa Major or the Great Bear.
  3. A carucate of land; a ploughland.
  4. A joiner's plane for making grooves.
  5. A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.

Verb

  1. To use a plough on to prepare for planting.
    I've still got to plough that field.
  2. To use a plough.
    Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset.
  3. To have sex with.
  4. To move with force.
  5. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
  6. To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
  7. To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.


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