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Plow   /plaʊ/   Listen
Plow

noun
1.
A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing.  Synonym: plough.
verb
(past & past part. plowed or ploughed; pres. part. plowing or ploughing)
1.
To break and turn over earth especially with a plow.  Synonyms: plough, turn.  "Turn the earth in the Spring"
2.
Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.  Synonyms: address, cover, deal, handle, treat.  "The course covered all of Western Civilization" , "The new book treats the history of China"
3.
Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil.  Synonym: plough.



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"Plow" Quotes from Famous Books



... cheer the passer-by, But more than that, no matter where We're laboring in wood and field, We turn and see it in the air, Our promise of a greater yield. It whispers to us all day long, From dawn to dusk: "Be true, be strong; Who falters now with plow or hoe Gives ...
— Just Folks • Edgar A. Guest

... the youngest said, "Let us send down iron—iron 15 of which tools may be made, iron of which sharp weapons may be shaped. For without tools man will not be able to plow, to reap, or to build; and without weapons he cannot defend himself against the savage beasts of ...
— Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year • E.C. Hartwell

... Plowers of land, our brothers, Of the hills and pleasant leas; Under the sun our brothers With their keels will plow the seas. ...
— The Acorn-Planter - A California Forest Play (1916) • Jack London

... "you have come just in time. I want you to ride the horse to plow." "I can't, father; I don't feel ...
— Herbert Carter's Legacy • Horatio Alger

... Bronson about it, had made an early morning delivery of feed nearby, and driven on to take a look at Merklos' purchase. From the ridge, he viewed Dark Valley's three miles of width and six or so of length. Figures were moving about the gaunt and windowless farm buildings. At least one plow was in operation, and the good blue friendliness of smoke ...
— The Invaders • Benjamin Ferris


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