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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