plough
To use a plough on soil to prepare for plantingTo use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
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Translations
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Meaning
10 senses(transitive)To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
I've still got to plough that field.
pflügen
паха́тьpaxátʹ, вспа́хиватьvspáxivatʹ, вспаха́тьvspaxátʹ
ора́тиoráty, зо́рюватиzórjuvaty, зора́тиzoráty
To run through, as in sailing.
(intransitive)To use a plough.
Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset.
pflügen
паха́тьpaxátʹ
More meanings 7
To move with force.
Trucks ploughed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.
(colloquial, transitive)To knock over or run over (someone) without stopping.
My brother ploughed me over.
Three people were ploughed down when he lost control of the truck.
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
(UK, obsolete, transitive)To fail (a student).
(transitive, vulgar)To sexually penetrate, typically in a vigorous manner.
I love just getting ploughed face down on my bed.
ficken
- move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
Origin
From Middle English plouh, plow, plugh(e), plough(e), plouw, from Old English plōh (“hideFrom Middle English plouh, plow, plugh(e), plough(e), plouw, from Old English plōh (“hide of land, ploughland”) and Old Norse plógr (“plough (the implement)”), both from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Cognate with Scots pleuch, plou, North Frisian plog, West Frisian ploech, Low German Ploog, Dutch ploeg, Russian плуг (plug), German Pflug, Danish plov, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish plog, Icelandic plógur. Replaced Old English sulh (“plough, furrow”); see sullow.
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Forms
ploughs, ploughing, ploughed, ploughedTenses
plough · ploughed · will plough · have ploughedPhrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- plough intoTo crash into something.
- plough onTo continue with a task despite it being menial, difficult, or boring
- plough throughTo persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.
- plough downTo dig up and incorporate a legume crop into the soil by ploughing it over when it is fully grown.
- plough overTo dig through and loosen soil using a plough.
- plough aheadCommonwealth English standard spelling of plow ahead.
Synonyms
8 synonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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