plow
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- noun
- /plaʊ/
- US
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- Donkeys were the powerhouse that would help pull plows or run mills that would make olive oil.
- tractor and plow
- soil plow
- field plow
That is, Drive your plow over the bones of the dead.
- That is, Drive your plow over the bones of the dead.
- We went from plucking pears to pulling plows, right.
- It's like the it's like the plough on the the ploughman on the field.
- I mean, yes, they have horses to pull the pull their plows, but they are still working their butts off.
- That's when it came to my mind that, OK, I'm going to offer to buy an ox plow.
Examples
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I had a desire to run a plow up those old hills.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's hard to make the plow dig in with the ground so dry.
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And that morning was the first I seen mama wear her green dress to the plow field.
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Rain always follows the plow, son.
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Inventions such as the plow changed the way that food was grown and produced.
Academic text (2011) -
"Get behind that plow!" I placed myself behind the plow, grabbing both handles.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Soil carbon levels have been declining ever since the first plows tore up prairie land."
Academic text (1997) -
They can grow wheat with plows, oxen, and of course, land.
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Farmers use a plow to turn over the soil before planting seeds.
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The old plow helped prepare the field for this year's crops.
Synonyms
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A machine that breaks and turns soil to prepare for planting
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A farm machine with two or more blades that turns several rows of soil at once
A farming tool with a curved metal blade that turns soil for planting
A plow that makes a central furrow and moves soil to both sides for planting
A farming tool with one blade that cuts one furrow
A farming tool with two curved blades that turns over two long rows of soil at once
A farming tool with two blades that turns over soil when pulled by a tractor
A plow that turns over two or more rows of soil at the same time
A farm machine with round steel discs that cuts and turns hard soil
A simple light farm tool that loosens the top of the soil without turning it over
A simple light farming tool with one blade that scratches soil without turning it, used in ancient farming
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A farm machine with two or more blades that turns several rows of soil at once
- Specialized
A farming tool with two curved blades that turns over two long rows of soil at once
- Specialized
A plow that makes a central furrow and moves soil to both sides for planting
- Specialized
A farming tool with a curved metal blade that turns soil for planting
- Specialized
A plow that turns over two or more rows of soil at the same time
- Specialized
A farming tool with two blades that turns over soil when pulled by a tractor
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Plow comes from an old English word plōh for the farming tool that turns the earth. A plow was a heavy blade that 'turned' the soil to get fields ready, which is why a plow today is a soil-turning tool.