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plow - a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing |
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plough |
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tool an implement used in the practice of a vocation
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bull tongue a heavy plow with a single wide blade; used chiefly in cotton fields
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moldboard plow,
mouldboard plough plow that has a moldboard
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verb |
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plow - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" |
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plough,
turn |
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cut into,
delve,
dig,
turn over turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
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till work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"
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husbandry,
farming,
agriculture agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
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ridge form into a ridge
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disk,
harrow draw a harrow over (land)
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plow - move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water" |
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plough |
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locomote,
travel,
move,
go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
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