'Plough' definitions:

Definition of 'Plough'

From: WordNet
noun
A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon]
noun
A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing [syn: plow, plough]
verb
Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water" [syn: plow, plough]
verb
To break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" [syn: plow, plough, turn]

Definition of 'Plough'

From: GCIDE
  • Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[=o]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[=o]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.]
  • 1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. [1913 Webster]
  • Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. --Tale of Gamelyn. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain. [1913 Webster]
  • Ice plow, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.]
  • Mackerel plow. See under Mackerel.
  • Plow alms, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. --Cowell.
  • Plow beam, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See Beam, n., 9.
  • Plow Monday, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays.
  • Plow staff. (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff. (b) A plow handle.
  • Snow plow, a structure, usually [Lambda]-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive. [1913 Webster] Plow

Definition of 'Plough'

From: GCIDE
  • Plough \Plough\, n. & v. See Plow. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plough'

From: GCIDE
  • Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plowed (ploud) or Ploughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plowing or Ploughing.]
  • 1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing. [1913 Webster]
  • Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • With speed we plow the watery way. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • To plow in, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.
  • To plow up, to turn out of the ground by plowing. [1913 Webster] Plow

Definition of 'Plough'

From: GCIDE
  • Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), v. i. To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? --Isa. xxviii. 24. [1913 Webster] Plowable

Definition of 'Plough'

From: Easton
  • Plough first referred to in Gen. 45:6, where the Authorized Version has "earing," but the Revised Version "ploughing;" next in Ex. 34:21 and Deut. 21:4. The plough was originally drawn by oxen, but sometimes also by asses and by men. (See AGRICULTURE.)

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