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Plough
plaʊ
- a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds
- land that has been ploughed
"she saw a brown strip of plough"
- a snowplough
- a prominent formation of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), containing the Pointers that indicate the direction to the Pole Star
- a yoga pose assumed by lying on one's back and swinging one's legs over one's head until the outstretched feet approach or touch the floor
"poses such as the plough promote circulation and the drainage of blood from the legs"
- turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing
"Uncle Vic ploughed his garden"
- cut (a furrow or line) with or as if with a plough
"icebergs have ploughed furrows on the seabed"
- (of a ship or boat) travel through (an area of water)
"cruise liners plough the long-sailed routes"
- (especially of a vehicle) move in a fast and uncontrolled manner
"the car ploughed into the side of a van"
career plunge crash smash bulldoze hurtle cannon lurch drive run careen crash into smash into collide with be in collision with hit strike ram smack into slam into bang into meet head-on run into drive into bump into crack into/against- advance or progress laboriously or forcibly
"they ploughed their way through deep snow"
- clear snow from (a road) using a snowplough
"he could use the car only in summer because the roads weren't ploughed in winter"
- fail (an examination)
"not many people plough Greats and become a professor of Latin"