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plow en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio Wisconsin
  • /plaʊ/ (Canada, General-American)

Meanings

  1. (US, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of plough.
    alt of plough
    • A plow, they say, to plow the snow. They cannot mean to plant it, no– Unless in bitterness to mock At having cultivated rock. 2019 December 10, Cider Mill Press, Robert Frost Signature Notebook (The Signature Notebook Series), Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
plows Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Rome plow · plowland · mine plow · snowplow · plowpoint · plowless · turnplow · plowzone · plowman · ard plow · plowwright · motor plow · sodbuster plow · plowgate · plowstaff · snow plow · moldboard plow · plowlike · plowshare · plowboy · plowbote · plowhorse · plowtail · gangplow · plowpan · plowwoman · plowgirl · rain follows the plow

plow en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio Wisconsin
  • /plaʊ/ (Canada, General-American)

Meanings

  1. (US, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of plough.
    alt of plough
    • Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.
    • Government institutions seem prepared to continue plowing public funds into the projects. A Brazilian newspaper reported Tuesday that the national development bank had approved a new loan of about $200 million for Itaquerão, a new stadium in São Paulo that is expected to host the opening match of the World Cup. 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013:
    • It was the Viking habit. Even as a man plowed his field or chopped trees in the woods, his byrnie and his sword were always at hand. 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 33:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
plowing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
plowed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
plowed Tense=Past lexicographic
plows Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

overplow · plow with one's heifer · plow one's way · plow down · replow · plowable · plow over · up-plow · plower