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Definition plough

Etymology

From Middle English plouh, plow, plugh(e), plough(e), plouw, from Old English pl?h (�hide of land, ploughland�) and Old Norse pl�gr (�plough (the implement)�), both from Proto-Germanic *pl?gaz, *pl?guz (�plough�). Cognate with Scots pleuch, plou, West Frisian ploech, North Frisian plog, Dutch ploeg, Low German Ploog, German Pflug, Danish plov, Swedish and Norwegian plog, Icelandic pl�gur. Replaced Old English sulh (�plough, furrow�); see sullow.

Noun

plough (plural ploughs)

1. A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
2. The use of a plough; tillage.
3. Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)
4. Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
5. A joiner's plane for making grooves.
6. A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.

Verb

plough (third-person singular simple present ploughs, present participle ploughing, simple past and past participle ploughed)

1. (transitive) To use a plough on to prepare for planting.
2. (intransitive) To use a plough.
3. (transitive, vulgar) To have sex with.
4. To move with force.
5. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
6. (nautical) To run through, as in sailing.
7. (bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
8. (joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
9. (Britain, college slang, transitive) To fail (a student).

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