plowing (verb)

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• plowing — verb a) riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular. b) ploughing …   Wiktionary

• cross-plow — verb or cross plough ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Etymology: cross (V) intransitive verb : to plow across an earlier plowing transitive verb : to plo …   Useful english dictionary

• plow ahead — verb proceed (with a plan of action) (Freq. 1) He went ahead with the project • Syn: ↑go ahead • Derivationally related forms: ↑go ahead (for: ↑go ahead) …   Useful english dictionary

• trench-plow — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: trench + plow, v. intransitive verb : to bring lower soil to the surface by plowing a furrow a second time with a plow set much deeper transitive verb : to plow (a field) to double depth …   Useful 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

• plow — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plōh hide of land; akin to Old High German pfluog plow Date: 12th century 1. an implement used to cut, lift, and turn over soil especially in preparing a seedbed 2. any of various devices (as a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• plow out — transitive verb 1. a. : to bring to the surface by or as if by plowing : plow up : turn up b. : to remove or eradicate with or as if with a plow 2. : to excavate or hollow out by plowing or by a process suggestive of plowing deep gullies plowed… …   Useful 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

• con|tour — «KON tur», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. the outline of a figure: »The contour of the Atlantic coast of America is very irregular. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under outline. (Cf. ↑outline) 2. the line that defines or bounds anything: »the subtle melodic …   Useful english dictionary

• Dravidian languages — Family of 23 languages indigenous to and spoken principally in South Asia by more than 210 million people. The four major Dravidian languages of southern India Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam have independent scripts and long documented… …   Universalium

• plow under — transitive verb 1. a. : to cover a green manure crop, crop residues, or barnyard manure by plowing b. : to plow a field of a growing unharvested crop 2. : to cause to disappear : bury, overwhelm let us not plow under the family farmer… …   Useful english dictionary