plough

[US]/plaʊ/
[UK]/plaʊ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to cultivate or turn over (the soil) with a plough
vi. to cultivate land by the use of a plough
n. a farm implement used for cutting, turning, and loosening the soil; a piece of land that has been ploughed

Phrases & Collocations

plough the fields

disc plough

Example Sentences

plough through a book

plough through the mud

the Plough is circumpolar from Britain.

the car ploughed into the side of a van.

a face ploughed with wrinkles

The ship ploughed through waves.

Let's start ploughing here and now.

Farmers plough in autumn or spring.

The peasants were ploughing the field.

Our gunboats are ploughing the waves.

The meadow's been ploughed up.

icebergs have ploughed furrows on the seabed.

cruise liners plough the long-sailed routes.

some day someone will plough up the bomb and lose a leg.

they ploughed their way through deep snow.

the students are ploughing through a set of grammar exercises.

a ploughed field slanted up to the skyline.

the government had ploughed truckloads of money into this land.

a plough drawn by a camel and donkey yoked together.

Real-world Examples

The ground must have been ploughed, and sowed, and harrowed, and reaped.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

But as far as I'm concerned there's a need to plough ahead with the discoveries and applications of nanotechnology.

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 10 (Mainland China Edition)

Boston has 600 snow ploughs and trucks on the streets.

Source: NPR News February 2014 Compilation

Shall plough the wave no more.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 4

Not a plough had ever disturbed a grain of that stubborn soil.

Source: Returning Home

And like Cincinnatus, I am returning to my plough.

Source: Boris Johnson's Speech Collection

Farmers usually use ploughs to prepare their fields for planting crops.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

The yields on government bonds, another safe bet, fell as investors ploughed into the market.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

To make the plough, miners, smelters, and smiths, -woodcutters, sawyers, and carpenters, -must have laboured.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

23. What is the main problem caused by the usual way of ploughing?

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

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