2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plowed} (ploud) or {Ploughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plowing} or {Ploughing}.] 1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field. [1913 Webster] 2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing. [1913 Webster] Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. --Shak. [1913 Webster] With speed we plow the watery way. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See {Plow}, n., 5. [1913 Webster] 4. (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. [1913 Webster] {To plow in}, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat. {To plow up}, to turn out of the ground by plowing. [1913 Webster] Plow From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ploughed adj : (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow; "plowed fields" [syn: {plowed}] [ant: {unplowed}]
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