PLOUGH
\plˈa͡ʊ], \plˈaʊ], \p_l_ˈaʊ]\
Definitions of PLOUGH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
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move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"
By Princeton University
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a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
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move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"
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to break and turn over earth esp. with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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See Plow.
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A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
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Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
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A carucate of land; a plowland.
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A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
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An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
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Same as Charles's Wain.
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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.
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To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
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To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.
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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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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.
By Oddity Software
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See Plow.
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A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
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Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
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A carucate of land; a plowland.
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A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
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An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
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Same as Charles's Wain.
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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.
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To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
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To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.
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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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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.
By Noah Webster.
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An instrument for turning up the soil: tillage.
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To turn up with the plough: to furrow: to tear: to divide: to run through in sailing.
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PLOUGHER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To break up with a plow; work with a plow; cultivate.
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An implement for breaking up or turning over the soil; agriculture.
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Plowboy, ploughboy.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Swedish, Icelandic, German, Scottish] A well known implement for turning up the soil;—hence, agriculture; tillage;—a joiner's instrument for grooving;—a knife or machine for cutting or trimming paper, used by bookbinders and paper makers.
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