plow

plow [plou]

n.

[ME ploh < Late OE, akin to Ger pflug, ON plógr < Gmc * plog- < native Alpine (Rhaetian) base > Langobardic plovum]

1. a farm implement used to cut, turn up, and break up the soil

☆ 2. any implement like this; specif.,

a) SNOWPLOW (sense 1)

b) any of various tools for cutting a groove or furrow

vt.

1. to cut and turn up (soil) with a plow

2. to make furrows in with or as with a plow

3. to make by or as if by plowing [to plow one's way through a crowd]

4. to cut a way through (water) [a ship plowing the waves]

5. to invest or spend (as money, capital, etc.): often with into [plowing all extra dollars into an IRA]

6. [Brit. Slang] to reject (a candidate) in an examination

vi.

1. to till the soil with a plow; use a plow

2. to take plowing as specified [a field that plows easily]

3. to cut a way (through water, snow, etc.)

4. to advance laboriously; plod

5. to begin work vigorously: with into

6. to collide forcefully: with into

7. [Brit. Slang] to fail in an examination

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plow back

to reinvest (profits) in the same business enterprise

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plow under

1. to bury (crops or vegetation) by plowing, so as to enrich the soil or in seeking to prevent overproduction

2. Informal to destroy; obliterate

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plow up

1. to remove with a plow

2. to till (soil) thoroughly

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the Plow Astron.

1. the constellation Ursa Major

2. BIG DIPPER

plowable

adj.

plower

n.