🚜plough

verb
/plaʊ/

Meaning

to break up and turn over soil using a plough; to move through something with difficulty
a large farming tool used to break up and turn over soil before planting crops

Example Sentences

The farmer ploughs the field every spring.

The oxen pulled the heavy plough across the field.

Synonyms

till, cultivate, furrow, dig, plow, tiller, cultivator
Entry 1
till, cultivate, furrow, dig
Entry 2
plow, tiller, cultivator

Antonyms

neglect, abandon

Collocations

plough field, plough through, plough back, deep plough, ox plough, heavy plough
Entry 1
plough field, plough through, plough back, deep plough
Entry 2
plough field, ox plough, heavy plough

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