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ploughs, plural; plows, plural;
  1. Turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plow, esp. before sowing
    • - Uncle Vic plowed his garden
    • - a plowed field
  2. Cut (a furrow or line) with or as if with a plow
    • - icebergs have plowed furrows on the seabed
  3. (of a ship or boat) Travel through (an area of water)
    • - cruise liners plow the long-sailed routes
  4. (esp. of a vehicle) Move in a fast and uncontrolled manner
    • - the car plowed into the side of a van
  5. Advance or progress laboriously or forcibly
    • - they plowed their way through deep snow
    • - the students are plowing through a set of grammar exercises
  6. Continue steadily despite difficulties or warnings to stop
    • - he plowed on, trying to outline his plans
  7. Clear snow from (a road) using a snowplow
    • - the roads weren't yet plowed
  8. Fail (an examination)

Noun
  1. A large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn by a tractor or by animals and used for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it over, esp. to prepare for the planting of seeds

  2. A snowplow

  1. a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
  2. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
  3. cover: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
  4. move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"
  5. (plowed) (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow; "plowed fields"
  6. (plowing) tilling the land with a plow; "he hired someone to do the plowing for him"
  7. The plough (American spelling: plow; both) is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting. It has been a basic instrument for most of recorded history, and represents one of the major advances in agriculture. ...
  8. Alternative spelling of plough; Alternative spelling of plough
  9. (plowing) Alternative form of ploughing; : riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular; ploughing
  10. (Plowing) the formation of grooves by plastic deformation of the softer of two surfaces in relative motion.
  11. (Plowing) The loss of cornering capability of the font of the vehicle. The car tends to go straight.
  12. (Plowing) When the car is pushing up the track in the turns.
  13. (Plowing) means all forms of primary tillage, including moldboard, chisel, or wide-blade plowing, discing, harrowing and similar physical means utilized on farm, forest or ranch land for the breaking up, cutting, turning over, or stirring of soil to prepare it for the planting of crops. ...
  14. (Plows) Plates across a belt to remove material lying on or sticking to the belt.
  15. To dream of a plow, signifies unusual success, and affairs will reach a pleasing culmination. To see persons plowing, denotes activity and advancement in knowledge and fortune. For a young woman to see her lover plowing, indicates that she will have a noble and wealthy husband. ...
  16. The grooved out area in the bottom of the hand rail and the top of shoe rail that receive square end balusters. It is fitted with fillet spacers.
  17. designs are reminiscent of the antique farm plow, and are designed to bury themselves in the bottom as force is applied to them. They are considered good in most bottom conditions from soft mud to rock. ...
  18. One of the two lower Leger. A middle stance of a slightly bent position with the arms and the hilt close to the body next to the upper thigh, and the blade on a 45-degree angle pointed at the adversary s face. It is well suited to making thrusts and defending against middle cuts. ...
  19. Land area measurement equivalent to perhaps 120 acres, though the actual amount varies significantly. A plow is meant to represent the amount of land tilled by a plow team of eight oxen in a year.
  20. a farm tool made of a heavy blade attached to a beam used to break up the soil
  21. To cut a groove running the same direction as the grain of the wood.
  22. An inverted pose. Lie flat on your back. Bend knees up onto your chest and raise your buttocks off the floor. Next bring your knees towards your forehead while keeping your legs straight.
  23. a machine that flips chunks of soil upside-down.  The width and depth of the pieces of soil that are flipped vary depending on the type of plow, but that’s the basic concept. ...
  24. The routed portion of a handrail or shoerail used for the inserting of square balusters. The gaps left between balusters are covered with fillet.
  25. to break up and turn over dirt so that seeds can be planted