plow
/plaʊ/ noun, verb
Also a form of plough
- noun (American spelling) Alternative spelling of plough.
Synonyms
Etymology
OE. plouh, plou, AS. ploh; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. plogr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. Johnson.
- verb 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.
- verb To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “plow”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details