plowed (verb)

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• plowed — 1. verb Drunk 2. adjective a) Turned over with the blade of a plow to create furrows (usually for planting crops). b) (figurative)(rare) Well trodden or well researched, previously explored …   Wiktionary

• plow — verb 1) the fields were plowed Syn: till, furrow, harrow, cultivate, work, break up 2) the streets haven t been plowed yet Syn: clear (of snow), shovel 3) the car plowed into a telephone pole …   Thesaurus of popular words

• plow into — verb To crash into something. The lorry plowed into the line of stationary cars …   Wiktionary

• plow back — verb To reinvest profits into a business The dividends were small last year because we plowed back most of the money to buy new machinery …   Wiktionary

• plow through — verb a) To persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively. I plowed through two helpings, but then I didnt have room for any more. b) To forcefully make a passage to move through. If you can plow through the… …   Wiktionary

• 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

• field — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 on a farm ADJECTIVE ▪ cultivated, ploughed/plowed ▪ We had to walk across a ploughed/plowed field. ▪ grass, grassy, green ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• plow into — [phrasal verb] 1 plow into (someone or something) : to crash into (someone or something) usually at a high speed The car plowed into the guardrail. 2 plow (money, profits, etc.) into (something) : to invest (money, profits …   Useful english dictionary

• rest — I [[t]re̱st[/t]] QUANTIFIER USES ♦♦ 1) QUANT: QUANT of def n The rest is used to refer to all the parts of something or all the things in a group that remain or that you have not already mentioned. It was an experience I will treasure for the… …   English dictionary

• plow up — transitive verb 1. : to bring to the surface by or as if by plowing : turn, cast, or pull up with or as if with a plow had plowed quite a lot of arrowheads up plow up the beets Accent by hard wor …   Useful english dictionary

• fal´low|ness — fal|low1 «FAL oh», adjective, noun, verb. –adj. 1. plowed but not seeded for a season or more: »We ll let the north forty acres lie fallow next spring. 2. Figurative. (of the mind) uncultivated; inactive. –n. 1. land plowed and left without… …   Useful english dictionary