Plough
The brightest seven stars of the constellation Ursa MajorThe brightest seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major. They are Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda.
» The land had never been ploughed.
Das Land war noch nie gepflügt worden.
Это была ни разу не паханая земля.
Meaning
2 senses(UK, common, name)The brightest seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major. They are Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda.
A surname.
Examples
30 sentencesThe land had never been ploughed.
ruЭто была ни разу не паханая земля.
deDas Land war noch nie gepflügt worden.
Yoke the oxen to the plough.
ruЗапряги волов в плуг.
deSpann die Ochsen vor den Pflug.
The fields must be ploughed quickly.
This field has never been ploughed.
ruЭто поле никогда не возделывалось.
deDieses Feld wurde noch nie gepflügt.
He exchanged a plough for a sword.
Origin
From plough, a metonymic occupational surname for a plowwright or plowman.From plough, a metonymic occupational surname for a plowwright or plowman.
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