[
US
/ˈpɫaʊ/
]
VERB
-
move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
The ship plowed through the water -
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week
turn the earth in the Spring -
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
The course covered all of Western Civilization
This book deals with incest
The new book treats the history of China
NOUN
- a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
How To Use plow In A Sentence
- Pasture lands and meadow lands are often greatly improved by replowing and harrowing in order to break up the turf that forms and to admit air more freely into the soil. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
- Farmers occasionally plow up old Indian relics.
- An adjoining room is littered with mementos of more recent island history: a rack of antlers, a rusty plow, and an old dentist's chair.
- Generally, surface compaction only affects one crop year if the field is plowed before the next crop.
- It showed two white police pickup trucks, with large bullbars on the front bumpers, plowing separately into a group of protesters. SeMissourian.com Headlines
- Katie and Matt were boring me this morning, so I popped in a DVD for distraction and watched him get plowed while lying in a sink.
- Others, especially artisans, also frequently have implements such as plows and cultivators on offer. 1. Overview
- ARS scientists, working with NRCS and universities, have done the research that has encouraged farmers to largely put away the moldboard plow and switch to conservation tillage on about 40 percent of U.S. planted acres.
- The ejecta are still moving rapidly, however, and quickly sweep up surrounding matter to form a shell that slows down as mass gets accumulated, an action similar to that of a snowplow.
- Even though most such oxen are used for plowing, which is forbidden in the Sabbatical year, it is not unusual for someone to buy an ox for its meat.
