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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.) plog2. verb1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) pløye2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) pløye/slite seg gjennom3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) brase inn ipløyeIsubst. \/plaʊ\/ eller plow1) plog2) pløyd mark3) (tømrerfag, også plough plane) nothøvel4) ( bokbinding) bokbinderhøvel5) (slang, universitet) strykPlough Monday forklaring: mandagen etter trettendedag julput one's hand to the plough (overført, bibelsk, Luk 6,62) legge hånden på plogen, gå i gang med en oppgaveIIverb \/plaʊ\/ eller plow1) pløye, note (tømrerfag), fure, lage furer2) la seg pløye3) ( slang) stryke (til eksamen)be ploughed ( slang) strykeplough a lonely furrow (britisk, litterært) arbeide alene, gå sin egen veiplough back ( om gress e.l.) pløye ned i jorden for å gjøre den mer næringsrik (handel, om fortjeneste) føre tilbake til firmaet, reinvestere i firmaetplough one's way bane seg vei, pløye seg frem, brøyte seg fremplough the sand slite forgjevesplough through ( overført) pløye (seg) gjennom
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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 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/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, 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
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 — [[t]pla͟ʊ[/t]] ploughs, ploughing, ploughed (in AM, use plow) 1) N COUNT A plough is a large farming tool with sharp blades which is pulled across the soil to turn it over, usually before seeds are planted. → See also snowplough 2) VERB When… … English dictionary
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 — plough1 also plow AmE [plau] n 1.) a piece of farm equipment used to turn over the earth so that seeds can be planted 2.) under the plough BrE formal land that is under the plough is used for growing crops →↑snow plough plough 2 … Dictionary of contemporary English
plough — I UK [plaʊ] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms plough : present tense I/you/we/they plough he/she/it ploughs present participle ploughing past tense ploughed past participle ploughed * to turn over the soil before putting seeds into… … English dictionary
plow — plow1 verb intransitive or transitive * 1. ) to turn over the soil before planting seeds using a plow: The fields were being plowed for winter wheat. 2. ) to move snow to the side of a street using a SNOW PLOW so that people can walk or drive… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English