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plough::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | big dipper, charles's wain, dipper, wagon, wain |
plough::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | plow |
| Type of | tool |
| Has types | bull tongue, moldboard plow, mouldboard plough |
Examples of plough
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The beginners were quickly into snow plough turns and racing up the button lift.
From the henleystandard.co.uk
Vehicles plough through flood waters in the city of Toowoomba on Jan. 11, 2011.
From the usatoday.com
A snow plough is driven on the second runway at Heathrow Airport, west of London.
From the bloomberg.com
The scientists have uncovered plough marks in layers dating back to the Iron Age.
From the sciencedaily.com
Plough, a school administrator for 21 years, joined the Natomas district in July.
From the sacbee.com
Africa and Latin America are the main fields that Christian peacemakers plough.
From the economist.com
They need to be more accountable and made to plough money back into the railways.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
They get an idea in their head and plough on without a thought for due process.
From the guardian.co.uk
A rogue planet will plough into Earth in a cosmic re-creation of bar billiards.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Big Dipper: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
- Plow: move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"
- Plow: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
- Plow: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
- (ploughed) plowed: (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow; "plowed fields"
- (ploughing) plowing: tilling the land with a plow; "he hired someone to do the plowing for him"
- The plough (American spelling: plow; both) is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting. It has been a basic instrument for most of recorded history, and represents one of the major advances in agriculture. ...
- The backstaff or back-quadrant, is a navigational instrument that was used to measure the altitude of a celestial body, in particular the sun or moon. When observing the sun, users kept the sun to their back (hence the name) and observed the shadow cast by the upper vane on a horizon vane.
- A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting; A horse-drawn plow (as opposed to plow, used for the mechanical variety); An alternative name for Ursa Major or the Great Bear; To use a plough on to prepare for planting; To use a plough; to fuck, to ...
