plow in English
- plow⇄adj. plowable.english
- plow⇄expr. plow 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 plowed back into this program (New York Times).english - plow⇄expr. plow into, to invest in.
Ex. In the last ten years Imperial Oil has plowed a billion dollars into the Canadian economy (Maclean's).english - plow⇄expr. plow out,
a. to dig or thrust out (of the ground) with a plow.
Ex. to plow out roots or weeds.
b. to remove; cast out; hollow out.
Ex. channels plowed out by a river. (Figurative.) God loves not to plow out the heart of ouenglish - plow⇄expr. plow under,
a. to bury in the soil by plowing (grass or legume) as a form of green manure.
Ex. This crop furnishes hay and perhaps some pasturage before it is plowed under (Fred W. Emerson).
b. (U.S.) to reduce overproduction byenglish - plow⇄expr. plow up,
a. to break up (ground) by plowing.
Ex. The wild boar plows 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 plowing.english - plow⇄noun (Especially U.S.)1. a big, heavy, farm implement or piece of machinery for cutting the soil and turning it over.
Ex. The plow bottom lifts, turns, and breaks up the soil (A. D. Longhouse).
2. a machine for removing snow; snowplow. english
(Especially U.S.)
1. the Big Dipper; Charles's Wain.
2. the entire constellation Ursa Major.
(Australian.) a machine by which land can be plowed without clearing it of stumps.
Ex. The farmer prefers to plow 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 plow does; advance slowly and with effort.
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Ex. to plow a straight furrow.
2. to remove with a plow or as if with a plow.
Ex. to plow snow, to plow up old roots.
3. to furrow.
Ex. to plow a field, (Figurative.) wrinkl