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Verb: plow  plaw
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: plough)
  1. (farming) to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
    "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week";
    - plough [Brit, Cdn], turn
     
  2. Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
    - cover, treat, handle, deal, address, plough [Brit, Cdn]
     
  3. Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
    "The ship plowed through the water";
    - plough [Brit, Cdn]
     
  4. [US] Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
    - tug, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], push, drive, plough on [Brit], plow on [US], plough [Brit], sweat
Noun: plow  plaw
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: plough)
  1. A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
    - plough [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: plowing, plowed, plows

Type of: broach, fight, go, initiate, locomote, move, struggle, till, tool, travel

Encyclopedia: Plow