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unplowed

unplowed

1 6.2
Land that is not turned over to make the soil ready for planting
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈplaʊd/
  • US
translation icon : sin arar
  • We turned onto an unplowed lane that dropped into the tamarack and pine.
  • an unplowed road
  • an unplowed street
  • an unplowed field

Examples

  • The turnoff to my parents' road was unplowed, as usual.

  • And a one-horsepower sleigh doesn't go so fast through unplowed snow.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Cars and trucks are backed up on the unplowed road.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Cutting through on a back road to save time, C.R. reached an unplowed road.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The little land we'd held on to went unplowed, pushing up the only crops.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The word now was Texas, another state, and the location in it was to be Bandera County, where the land would be cheap, unplowed, and rich.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • We let the horses amble across an unplowed field, one that had been fallow for a while, so the rows had almost been smoothed away.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • In boroughs other than Manhattan, streets went unplowed for two days, ambulances could not reach residents, and heating fuel couldn't be delivered.

    Blog text (9)
  • Emergency vehicles are having trouble getting to the scene on the unplowed roads.

Synonyms

fallow
vsunplowed
3 5.7

Left unplanted for a season so the soil can recover

is about land not turned over rather than the resting purpose
unbroken
vsunplowed
1 5.7

Land left in its natural state and not farmed

is about soil left unturned rather than simply wild
untilled
vsunplowed
1 6.6

Land not plowed or used for growing crops

is about soil not turned over by machinery
uncultivated
vsunplowed
1 5.1

Land that is not prepared for growing crops

focuses on soil not mechanically turned for planting
uncropped
vsunplowed
6.3

Land that people do not use for growing crops

is about soil not mechanically turned for planting
unfarmed
vsunplowed
4.2

Land people do not use for growing crops or keeping animals

is specifically about soil not mechanically turned for planting

Antonyms

plowed
  • US
2.5

Land turned over with a plow to prepare it for planting

How Ploughed

tilled
3.2
plowed
  • US
2.5
unplowed
  • US
1 6.2

Surface Forms

unplowed positive
unploughed positive

Morphology

unplowed = plowed (transparent) = un + plow

The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the adjective 'plowed', indicating a state of not having been plowed.

Etymology

Unplowed is made of un- meaning 'not' and plowed, from plow meaning 'to turn over the soil', so unplowed describes land that has not been turned by a plow and stays rough or wild.