verb🔗ShareTo use a plough on to prepare for planting."The farmer is ploughing the field to get it ready for planting corn. "agricultureactionplantprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo use a plough."Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset."agriculturemachineactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo move with force."Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety."actionagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in."The farmer was ploughing the field, preparing it for planting new crops. "agricultureactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo run through, as in sailing."The sailboat was ploughing through the waves, leaving a white trail behind it. "nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough."The bookbinder was careful when ploughing the edges of the old manuscript to ensure a clean, even finish. "writingtechnicalindustrymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(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."The carpenter was ploughing a groove into the plank to attach the shelf. "technicalworkbuildingindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(university slang) To fail (a student)."The professor is known for ploughing students who don't attend lectures. "educationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting."After the ploughing, the farmer began planting seeds in the newly turned earth. "agricultureactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
