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How to pronounce plowing in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ploughing
Type of tilling
Derivation plow


he hired someone to do the plowing for him.

Examples of plowing

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County-maintained freeways in Livonia have had plowing service and are passable.
From the freep.com
We'd really like AWD given the lack of plowing in our Falls Church neighborhood.
From the washingtonpost.com
The frequent plowing that farming entails keeps the bypass open for flood flows.
From the sacbee.com
Plowing and harvesting were principal activities to which this work was applied.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A plowing team of eight oxen normally consisted of four pairs aged a year apart.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The board approved the original snow-plowing bill in August, then voted on Sept.
From the stltoday.com
Pratt was ejected from the bike, which ended up plowing into a chain-link fence.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Emergency parking restrictions declared on designated streets for snow plowing.
From the timesunion.com
When plowing is necessary, the city's emergency warning sirens will be sounded.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
  • To break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
  • Cover: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
  • Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"
  • (plowed) (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow; "plowed fields"
  • (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. ...
  • Alternative spelling of plough; Alternative spelling of plough
  • (plowing) Alternative form of ploughing; : riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular; ploughing