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ploughing

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting
  2. The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting.
  3. present participle and gerund of plough
  4. To reinvest (earnings or profits) in one's business.
  5. To block or isolate by plowing snow across ways of egress.
  6. 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.
  7. An implement or machine designed to move earth, snow, or other material by means of a strong blade.
  8. Plow See Big Dipper.
  9. To break and turn over (earth) with a plow.
  10. To move or clear (snow, for example) by means of a plow.
  11. To make or form with driving force: I plowed my way through the crowd.
  12. To progress through (water): plow the high seas.
  13. Vulgar Slang To have intercourse with (another). Used of a man.

Equivalents

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DeutschPflügen
22 more languages
العربيةالحراثةحرث
Bosanskiorani
Češtinaoráníorba
Ελληνικάάροσηόργωμα
Gaeilgearathar
Gàidhligtreabhadh
עבריתחריש
हिन्दीजुताईजोत
Hrvatskiorani
Հայերենհերկվար
Italianoaratura
日本語起こし
Latinaaratio
Latviešuaršana
Polskiorka
Portuguêsaraçãoaragem
Românăarătură
Русскийпахота
Српскиorani

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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