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plow
- (noun): The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres.
- (noun): A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
- (noun): The use of a plough; tillage.
- (noun): Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)
- (noun): A joiner's plane for making grooves.
- (noun): A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
- (verb): To use a plough on to prepare for planting.
- (verb): To use a plough.
- (verb): To have sex with, penetrate.
- (verb): To move with force.
- (verb): To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
- (verb): To run through, as in sailing.
- (verb): To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
- (verb): (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.
- (verb): (university slang) To fail (a student).
- (noun): Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed
- The horse-drawn plough had a tremendous impact on agriculture.
- I've still got to plough that field.
- Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset.
- Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.
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