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   plough

   /plaʊ/

   noun

   • 1. 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. North American
   • 2. 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. British
   • 3. 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"

   verb

   • 1. turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing: "Uncle Vic ploughed his garden" Similar cultivatetillworkfurrowharrowridgebreak upturn up
   • ▪ 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"
   • 2. (especially of a vehicle) move in a fast and uncontrolled manner: "the car ploughed into the side of a van" Similar careerplungecrashsmashbulldozehurtlecannonlurchdriveruncareeninformal:barrel
   • ▪ advance or progress laboriously or forcibly: "they ploughed their way through deep snow" Similar trudgeplodtoilclumppush one's waywadeflounderpressmove laboriouslyinformal:slogtrog
   • 3. clear snow from (a road) using a snowplough: North American "he could use the car only in summer because the roads weren't ploughed in winter"
   • 4. fail (an examination): informal, dated British "not many people plough Greats and become a professor of Latin"

   Word Origin late Old Englishplōh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ploeg and German Pflug. The spelling plough became common in England in the 18th century; earlier (16th–17th centuries) the noun was normally spelled plough, the verb plow.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ploughable adjective
   • 2. plougher noun

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