plough in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
plough in Malayalam മലയാളം
plough in Marathi मराठी
plough in Sindhi سنڌي
plough in Telugu తెలుగు
plough in English
- plough⇄adj. ploughable.
- plough⇄expr. plough back, to reinvest (the profits of a business) in the same business.
Ex. Nearly 40 per cent of all the profits United States Steel has earned during this period has been ploughed back into this programme (New York Times). - plough⇄expr. plough into, to invest in.
Ex. In the last ten years Imperial Oil has ploughed a billion dollars into the Canadian economy (Maclean's). - plough⇄expr. plough out,
a. to dig or thrust out (of the ground) with a plough.
Ex. to plough out roots or weeds.
b. to remove; cast out; hollow out.
Ex. channels ploughed out by a river. (Figurative.) God loves not to plough out the h - plough⇄expr. plough under,
a. to bury in the soil by ploughing (grass or legume) as a form of green manure.
Ex. This crop furnishes hay and perhaps some pasturage before it is ploughed under (Fred W. Emerson).
b. (U.S.) to reduce overproduct - plough⇄expr. plough up,
a. to break up (ground) by ploughing.
Ex. The wild boar ploughs it [the earth] up like a furrow, and does irreparable damage in the cultivated lands (Oliver Goldsmith).
b. to dig or thrust out (of the ground) by ploug - plough⇄noun plougher.
- plough⇄noun 1. a big, heavy, farm implement or piece of machinery for cutting the soil and turning it over.
Ex. The plough bottom lifts, turns, and breaks up the soil (A. D. Longhouse).
2. a machine for removing snow; snowplough.
3. any one - plough⇄plough (1), noun, verb.
(Especially British) - plough⇄plough (2), transitive verb.
(British Slang.) to fail a student; flunk.
Ex. A Greek classmate of mine at Exeter was ploughed in preliminary Greek (Joel Sayre). - Plough⇄Plough (3), noun.
1. the Big Dipper; Charles's Wain.
2. the entire constellation Ursa Major. - plough⇄v.i. 1. to use a plough.
Ex. The farmer prefers to plough in the fall, so that he can begin seeding in the spring as soon as weather permits (Colby and Foster).
2. to move as a plough does; advance slowly and with effort.
Ex. the ... h - plough⇄v.t. 1. to turn up (the soil) with a plough; till.
Ex. to plough a straight furrow.
2. to remove with a plough or as if with a plough.
Ex. to plough snow, to plough up old roots.
3. to furrow.
Ex. to plough a field, (Figur