Meaning of ploughing | Babel Free
Definitions
- The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting
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The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting. uncountable, usually
- present participle and gerund of plough
- To reinvest (earnings or profits) in one's business.
- To block or isolate by plowing snow across ways of egress.
- A farm implement consisting of a strong blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil and cutting furrows in preparation for sowing.
- An implement or machine designed to move earth, snow, or other material by means of a strong blade.
- Plow See Big Dipper.
- To break and turn over (earth) with a plow.
- To move or clear (snow, for example) by means of a plow.
- To make or form with driving force: I plowed my way through the crowd.
- To progress through (water): plow the high seas.
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Vulgar Slang To have intercourse with (another). Used of a man. Vulgar Slang
Equivalents
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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