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1. (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plough
   "ploughed fields"
   - plowed [N. Amer]

1. To break and turn over earth especially with a plough
   "Farmer Jones ploughed his east field last week"
   - plow [N. Amer], turn
    
2. Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
   - cover, treat, handle, plow [N. Amer], deal, address
    
3. Move in a way resembling that of a plough cutting into or going through the soil
   "The ship ploughed through the water"
   - plow [N. Amer]

See also: ploughing, tilled

Type of: broach, go, initiate, locomote, move, till, travel

Encyclopedia: Plough