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1. (n.) plow
an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
2. plow
any of various implements resembling or suggesting this, as a contrivance for clearing away snow from a road or track.
3. plow
(cap.) Astron.
4. plow
the Big Dipper.
5. (v.t.) plow
to turn up (soil) with a plow.
6. plow
to make (a furrow) with a plow.
7. plow
to tear up, cut into, or make furrows or grooves in (a surface) with or as if with a plow (often fol. by up):
The tornado plowed up an acre of trees.
8. plow
to clear by the use of a plow, esp. a snowplow.
9. plow
to reinvest or reuse (usu. fol. by back):
to plow profits back into new equipment.
10. plow
(of a ship, animal, etc.)
11. plow
to cleave the surface of (the water).
12. plow
to make (a way) or follow (a course) in this manner:
plowing an easterly course.
13. (v.i.) plow
to till the soil or work with a plow.
14. plow
to take plowing in a specified way.
15. plow
to move forcefully through something in the manner of a plow (often fol. by through, along, etc.):
to plow through a crowd.
16. plow
to proceed laboriously (often fol. by through).
Etymology: (bef. 1100; ME plouh, plough(e), OE plōh; c. G Pflug)
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| Definition of 'Plow' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) plow, plough
a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
2. (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"
3. (verb) cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address
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. (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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Plow
alt. of Plough
2. (verb) Plow
alt. of Plough
3. (verb) Plow
alt. of Plough
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| Definition of 'Plow' |
The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. Plow
Contact arms projecting downwards from the motors, trucks, or bodies of electric street cars, which enter the underground conduit through the slot and carry contact pieces or brushes, to take the current for driving the motors from the leads within the conduit.
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