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| plow [ plow ] |
noun (plural plows) |
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1. farm implement: a heavy farming tool with a sharp blade or series of blades for breaking up soil and making furrows, usually pulled by a tractor or draft animal
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2. heavy tool: a heavy tool or machine used like a plow to cut a cleared route or channel, e.g. a snowplow
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verb (past and past participle plowed, present participle plow·ing, 3rd person present singular plows) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb make furrows in earth: to break up soil and turn it over into furrows
  plowing a field
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2. transitive and intransitive verb cut through something: to cut or force a way through something
I plowed my way through the crowd.
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3. transitive verb make clearing in something: to make a channel or cleared route in something
plowed the snow-covered roads
plowed the snow from the roads
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4. transitive verb agriculture put under soil: to put something such as fertilizer or a crop under the surface of the soil, using a plow
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5. transitive and intransitive verb work methodically: to work at something and progress slowly and steadily
We plowed through the backlog of applications.
plowing my way through pages of job ads
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6. transitive verb U.S. offensive term: an offensive term meaning to have sexual intercourse with somebody
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slang
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| [ Old English ploh< Germanic, < N Italic] |
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| plow·er noun |
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