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plough  (plou)

n. & v.

Variant of plow.

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plough or esp US plow

Noun

1. an agricultural tool for cutting or turning over the earth

2. a similar tool used for clearing snow

Verb

1. to turn over (the soil) with a plough

2. to make (furrows or grooves) in (something) with or as if with a plough

3. (sometimes foll. by through)to move (through something) in the manner of a plough: the ship ploughed through the water

4. (foll. by through)to work at slowly or perseveringly

5. to invest (money): he ploughed the profits back into the business

6. plough into (of a vehicle, plane, etc.) to run uncontrollably into (something): the aircraft ploughed into a motorway embankment [Old English plōg plough land]

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Plough

Noun

the Plough the group of the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa Major

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Plough - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major Big Dipper, Charles's Wain, Wain, Dipper, Wagon Great Bear, Ursa Major - a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
	2.	plough - a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing plow bull tongue - a heavy plow with a single wide blade; used chiefly in cotton fields moldboard plow, mouldboard plough - plow that has a moldboard tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
Verb	1.	plough - move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water" plow go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
	2.	plough - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" plow, turn farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil" ridge - plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip disk, harrow - draw a harrow over (land)

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plough

verb 1. turn over, dig, till, ridge, cultivate, furrow, break ground

plough into something or someone plunge into, crash into, smash into, career into, shove into, hurtle into, bulldoze into

plough through something forge, cut, drive, press, push, plunge, surge, stagger, wade, flounder, trudge, plod

Translations

plough, plow (US) [plau] n → arado

vt [+ earth] → arar

plough back vt (COMM) → reinvertir

plough through vt fus [+ crowd] → abrirse paso a la fuerza por

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plough, plow (US) [plau] n → charrue f

vt [+ earth] → labourer;

to plough money into → investir dans

plough back vt (Comm) → réinvestir

plough through vt fus [+ snow etc] → avancer péniblement dans

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plough (US) plow [plau] n → Pflug m

vt → pflügen;

to plough money into sth (project etc) → Geld in etw acc stecken

plough back plough vt (Comm) → reinvestieren

plough into plough vt fus [+ crowd] → rasen in +acc

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plough (US), plow [plau] n → aratro

vt [+ earth] → arare

plough back vt (COMM) → reinvestire

plough through vt fus [+ snow etc] → procedere a fatica in

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plough

n plough [plau]

a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over. ploeg مِحْراث плуг pluh plov der Pflug αλέτρι, άροτρο arado ader گاو آهن aura charrue מַחרֵשָׁה हल, लांगल plug,oranica eke bajak plógur aratro すき 쟁기 plūgas arkls bajak ploeg plog pług arado plug плуг pluh plug plug plog คันไถ saban, pulluk 犁 плуг ہل cái cày 犁

v

1 to turn over (the earth) with such a tool The farmer was ploughing (in) a field. ploeg يَحْرُث изоравам orat pløje pflügen οργώνω arar kündma شخم زدن kyntää labourer לַחרוֹש हल जोतना orati (fel)szánt membajak plægja arare すく 쟁기로 갈다 arti, vagoti art membajak ploegen pløye orać arar a ara пахать orať orati obrađivati plugom plöja ไถ (çift) sürmek 耕(田)，犁(地) орати ہل چلانا cày 耕（田），犁（地）

2 to travel with difficulty, force a way etc The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through. ploeg يشُقُّ طَريقَه بِصُعوبَه проправям път ploužit se, prokousat se pløje durchpflügen βγάζω από τη μέση, προχωρώ με δυσκολία abrir(se) camino vaevaga läbi murdma به سختی پیش رفتن kyntää, kahlata läpi avancer péniblement, peiner sur לְפָלֵס דֶרֶך मुश्किल से चलना namučit,ploviti morem átvergődik (vmin) maju dengan susah payah sigla áfram með erfiðismunum; plægja (í gegnum) (a fatica procedere) どうにか進む 힘들여 나아가다; (배가) 물을 가르고 나아가다 skintis kelią, įveikti ar grūtībām tikt uz priekšu mengharungi doorploegen pløye/slite seg gjennom brnąć abrir caminho a înainta cu greu с трудом продвигаться brázdiť; prehrýzť sa prebijati se krčiti put plöja ผ่านไปอย่างลำบาก güçlükle ilerlemek 跋涉 насилу пересуватися راستہ بنانا đi khó nhọc 跋涉

3 to crash The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus. ploeg يَصطَدِم забивам се nabourat (se) pløje krachen πέφτω πάνω σε κτ. chocar kokku põrkama سخت تصادف کردن törmätä défoncer לְהִתנַגֵש टकराना zabušiti se u belerohan menabrak klessa sbattere 突っこむ 부딪치다 trenktis ietriekties menghentam oprijden tegen brase inn i wryć się entrar em a intra (în) врезаться nabúrať (sa) zaleteti se sudariti se plöja ชน çarpmak, bindirmek 碰撞 зштовхуватися ٹکرانا đâm 碰撞