to plow
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1.5
- verb
- /plaʊ/
- US
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- You got to plow, plow, plow, plow, plow, plow, plow, and you got to plant the right seeds.
- plow fields
- plow the land
- plow the soil
It means as the ox plows.
- It means as the ox plows.
- When I go out and plow a field, I don't just turn turf into arable land.
Examples
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Since the birth of farming, farmers have been plowing or tilling the soil.
Academic text (2003) -
Since the 1830s, it has been plowed by generations of farmers.
Academic text (2008) -
A man can plow in one day with two pair of male oxen.
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Then we'll have you out plowing the fields.
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No one experienced hunger because we plowed as much land as we could.
Academic text (2005) -
Instead of being cut and sold, the cover crops are plowed under to nourish the soil.
Academic text (2002) -
In 1887, he hired his father and brother-in-law Noah to plow, plant, and sell his wheat.
Academic text (2001) -
Fences are up, fields are plowed, the barn's repaired.
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The man was shuffling toward the freshly plowed earth, where it shone red-orange in the afternoon sun.
Academic text (2008) -
Farmers often plow their fields in the spring to prepare for planting new crops.
Synonyms
11
5.3
To prepare land for crops by ploughing
5
2.1
To break and loosen soil in a garden with a long-handled flat blade
Make land ready for planting by turning the soil and adding fertilizer
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.8
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
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plow as a verb comes from the tool plow and means to 'turn over' and break the soil with that tool, so the verb simply names the action the tool does.