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Princeton's WordNet

  1. plowing, ploughingnoun

    tilling the land with a plow

    "he hired someone to do the plowing for him"

Wiktionary

  1. plowingverb

    riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular.

  2. plowingverb

    ploughing

Wikipedia

  1. plowing

    A plough or plow (US; both ) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but in modern farms are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden, iron or steel frame, with a blade attached to cut and loosen the soil. It has been fundamental to farming for most of history. The earliest ploughs had no wheels; such a plough was known to the Romans as an aratrum. Celtic peoples first came to use wheeled ploughs in the Roman era.The prime purpose of ploughing is to turn over the uppermost soil, bringing fresh nutrients to the surface while burying weeds and crop remains to decay. Trenches cut by the plough are called furrows. In modern use, a ploughed field is normally left to dry and then harrowed before planting. Ploughing and cultivating soil evens the content of the upper 12 to 25 centimetres (5 to 10 in) layer of soil, where most plant feeder roots grow. Ploughs were initially powered by humans, but the use of farm animals is considerably more efficient. The earliest animals worked were oxen. Later, horses and mules were used in many areas. With the Industrial Revolution came the possibility of steam engines to pull ploughs. These in turn were superseded by internal-combustion-powered tractors in the early 20th century. Use of the traditional plough has decreased in some areas threatened by soil damage and erosion. Used instead is shallower ploughing or other less-invasive conservation tillage.

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  1. plowing

    Plowing is an agricultural process involving the digging and turning over of soil in preparation for planting crops. It is generally performed using a plow, a specialized tool or machine. Plowing could also refer to the clearing of snow from roads and sidewalks using vehicles equipped with plow blades.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Plowing

    of Plough

Editors Contribution

  1. plowing

    The turning of soil, The rolling of top to the bottom

    I plowed the wheat stubble in before it rained.


    Submitted by anonymous on December 15, 2015  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of plowing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of plowing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of plowing in a Sentence

  1. Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam:

    He was being a great neighbor and he was plowing those roads for his neighbor.

  2. Transportation Secretary Christy Hall:

    The safest solution is for drivers to stay off the roads if at all possible. If you must drive, slow down and watch for crews performing de-icing and plowing operations, we are monitoring the possibility of winter storm weather in the Upstate and Midlands region this weekend.

  3. Bakari Sellers:

    For many of us who were running statewide and have been plowing the soil of the South, we feel like the national party didn't do much to help us at all.

  4. Hendrickson Sr.:

    So last winter we were plowing snow together and taking care of people.

  5. Tom Nichols:

    He's simply plowing the ground Reagan cleared 30 years ago.

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