plough

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• (US) plow

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English plough, plouw, from Old English plōh 'plough, ploughland', from Old Norse plōgr 'plough', both from Proto-Germanic *plōʒuz, plōʒaz, from North Italic, from Proto-Indo-European *blōkó (cf. Armenian pelem 'to dig', Welsh bwlch 'crack'). Akin to Old Frisian/Middle Low German plōch, Middle Dutch ploech, Old High German pfluog. Replaced Old English sulh.

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• IPA: /plaʊ/
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• Rhymes: -aʊ

[edit] Noun

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plough (plural ploughs)

1. A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.

   The horse-drawn plough had a tremendous impact on agriculture.

2. (US) A horse-drawn plow (as opposed to plow, used for the mechanical variety)

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to 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.

   I've still got to plough that field.

2. (transitive, vulgar) to fuck, to have sex with.
3. (intransitive) To use a plough.

   Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset.

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[edit] See also

• disc
• furrow
• harrow
• rake
• yoke