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1 plough
1. noun(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) plug2. verb1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) orati2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) prebijati se3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) zaleteti se* * *I [pláu]nounBritish English plug, oranica; obrezilnik (knjigoveznittvo)electrical tokovni odjemalnik; British English zavrnitev kandidata pri izpitu; astronomy the Plough — Veliki vozfiguratively to put one's hand to the plough — lotiti se česacolloquially to take a plough — pasti pri izpituII [pláu]1.transitive verb British Englishorati, preorati; plužiti, brazditi; figuratively utirati pot; nautical brazditi, sekati valove (ladja); slang vreči pri izpitu;2.intransitive verborati, plužiti, brazdati; truditi se, mučiti se, prebijati se; slang pasti pri izpituto plough ahead — neutrudno delati naprej, počasi napredovatito plough back — obogatiti zemljo (s travo, deteljo), figuratively ponovno vložiti dobiček v podjetjeto plough out — izkopati, preoratito plough under — podorati, spodkopatito plough through — prebijati se skozi, prebiti se -
2 furrow
1. noun1) (a line cut into the earth by a plough: The farmer planted potatoes in the furrows.) brazda2) (a line in the skin of the face; a wrinkle: The furrows in her forehead made her look older.) guba2. verb(to make furrows in: Her face was furrowed with worry.) zgubati- furrowed* * *I [fɜ:rou]nounbrazda; žleb; guba; poetically zorano polje; utor, zarezaII [fɜ:rou]transitive verb & intransitive verbbrazdati, (raz)orati; brazditi, gubati se
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plough a furrow — Brit literary ◇ If you plough your own furrow, you do something that is different from what other people do. She was not afraid to plough her own furrow. [=to act independently; to do something no one else has done] If you plough the same furrow … Useful english dictionary
Plough — Plow redirects here. For the Canadian soldier, see Edward Chester Plow. Plowman redirects here. For the surname, see Plowman (surname). Furrow redirects here. For other uses, see Furrow (disambiguation). For other uses, see Plough… … Wikipedia
plough — [OE] Plough was not the original English word for an ‘implement for turning over the soil’. That was Old English sulh, a relative of Latin sulcus ‘furrow’. Plough was borrowed in the 10th century from Old Norse plógr, a descendant of prehistoric… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
plough — [OE] Plough was not the original English word for an ‘implement for turning over the soil’. That was Old English sulh, a relative of Latin sulcus ‘furrow’. Plough was borrowed in the 10th century from Old Norse plógr, a descendant of prehistoric… … Word origins
plough a lonely furrow — To be separated from one s former friends and associates and go one s own way • • • Main Entry: ↑plough * * * plough a lone/a lonely/your own/furrow literary phrase to be the only person doing something or interested in something … Useful english dictionary
plough a lone furrow — plough a lone/lonely furrow mainly British, literary to do something alone and without help from other people. He d always been happier working in isolation, ploughing a lone furrow … New idioms dictionary
plough a lonely furrow — plough a lone/lonely furrow mainly British, literary to do something alone and without help from other people. He d always been happier working in isolation, ploughing a lone furrow … New idioms dictionary
plough a lone furrow — plough a lone/a lonely/your own/furrow literary phrase to be the only person doing something or interested in something Thesaurus: to do something without helpsynonym Main entry: plough … Useful english dictionary
plough your own furrow — plough a lone/a lonely/your own/furrow literary phrase to be the only person doing something or interested in something Thesaurus: to do something without helpsynonym Main entry: plough … Useful english dictionary
plough a lonely, your own, etc, furrow — ˌplough a lonely, your own, etc, ˈfurrow idiom (literary) to do things that other people do not do, or be interested in things that other people are not interested in Main entry: ↑ploughidiom … Useful english dictionary
furrow — ► NOUN 1) a long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough. 2) a rut or groove. 3) a deep wrinkle on a person s face. ► VERB 1) make a furrow in. 2) mark or be marked with furrows. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary