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Definition of 'Plough'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

2. (verb) plow, plough
a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

3. (verb) plow, plough
move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
"The ship plowed through the water"

4. (verb) plow, plough, turn
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
"Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

Definition of 'Plough'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) plough
a machine used to dig rows for planting crops in

2. (verb) plough
to dig the soil using a plough
He was in the fields ploughing all day.

Definition of 'Plough'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Plough
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

2. (noun) Plough
fig.: Agriculture; husbandry

3. (noun) Plough
a carucate of land; a plowland

4. (noun) Plough
a joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane

5. (noun) Plough
an implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books

6. (noun) Plough
same as Charles's Wain

7. (noun) Plough
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

8. Plough
see Plow

9. (verb) Plough
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

10. (verb) Plough
to furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing

11. (verb) Plough
to trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5

12. (verb) Plough
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

Translation of 'Plough'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.
Afrikaans: ploeg	Arabic: مِحْراث	Bulgarian: плуг
Brazilian: arado	Czech: pluh	German: der Pflug
Danish: plov	Greek: αλέτρι, άροτρο	Spanish: arado
Estonian: ader	Farsi: گاو آهن	Finnish: aura
French: charrue	Hebrew: מַחרֵשָׁה	Hindi: हल, लांगल
Croatian: plug, oranica	Hungarian: eke	Indonesian: bajak
Icelandic: plógur	Italian: aratro	Japanese: すき
Korean: 쟁기	Lithuanian: plūgas	Latvian: arkls
Malay: bajak	Dutch: ploeg	Norwegian: plog
Polish: pług	Persian: آهن براى قلبه	Pashto: د كلبى لپاره يوه اوسپنه
Portuguese: arado	Romanian: plug	Russian: плуг
Slovak: pluh	Slovenian: plug	Serbian: plug
Swedish: plog	Thai: คันไถ	Turkish: saban, pulluk
Taiwanese: 犁	Ukrainian: плуг	Urdu: ہل
Vietnamese: cái cày	Chinese: 犁
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