ploughing

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• Ploughing — Plow Plow, Plough Plough, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plowed} (ploud) or {Ploughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plowing} or {Ploughing}.] 1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ploughing on Sunday — is a poem from Wallace Stevens s first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923). It was first published in 1919 and is therefore in the public domain. [Buttel, p. 198] Some interpretations of this poem can be ranged on a continuum ofbrows, from low to… …   Wikipedia

• ploughing — noun the breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting …   Wiktionary

• ploughing — plaÊŠ n. (British spelling for plow) farming tool used for cutting into the ground v. (British spelling for plow) cut into the soil with a plough; advance through great effort; pave the way; fail, not succeed …   English contemporary dictionary

• ploughing — noun tilling the land with a plow he hired someone to do the plowing for him • Syn: ↑plowing • Derivationally related forms: ↑plough, ↑plow (for: ↑plowing) …   Useful english dictionary

• contour ploughing —   Ploughing so the furrows follow the contours of the slope i.e. they go horizontal across the slope not up and down the slope …   Geography glossary

• National Ploughing Championships — The Irish National Ploughing Championships take place each year in the month of September. The 2012 Championships will be held at Heathpark, New Ross, Co. Wexford. The first inter county ploughing contest took place in 1931 as a result of an… …   Wikipedia

• Royal Ploughing Ceremony — The Royal Ploughing Ceremony is an ancient royal rite held in Cambodia and Thailand to mark the traditional beginning of the rice growing season. In the Khmer language, it is called Pithi Chrat Preah Neangkol, and in the Thai language, it is… …   Wikipedia

• Is My Team Ploughing — That I was used to drive And hear the harness jingle When I was man alive? Ay, the horses trample, The harness jingles now; No change though you lie under The land you used to plough. Is football playing Along the river shore, With lads to chase… …   Wikipedia

• National Ploughing Championships — Vue gérérale du National Ploughing Championships en 2007. Le National Ploughing Championships, championnat national de labour, est une fête agricole qui se tient en Irlande chaque année au mois de septembre depuis 1931. L édition 2012 aura lieu à …   Wikipédia en Français

• contour ploughing — contour cultivation, contour farming or contour ploughing noun The ploughing (and planting) of sloping land along the contour lines to counter erosion • • • Main Entry: ↑contour …   Useful english dictionary