ploughing

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Definition

Noun: 1. The process of turning over the earth's surface with a plough: The agricultural activity of cutting, lifting, and inverting soil using a plough to prepare it for sowing seeds.

Examples of Usage
  • The ploughing of the fields is usually done in early spring.
  • Modern ploughing often uses large tractors.
  • The farmer finished the ploughing before the rain started.
Advanced Usage
  • "Under the plough": Describing land that is used for growing crops.
    • Much of the ancient forest was put under the plough.
  • Metaphorical Use: Can describe making slow, steady, and forceful progress through something difficult.
    • He continued ploughing through the dense legal document. (Note: This uses the verb form 'ploughing'.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Plough (verb, chiefly British English): The action of turning over soil with a plough. The equivalent in American English is plow.
    • They will plough the field tomorrow.
  • Plough (noun, chiefly British English): The farming implement used for ploughing. The equivalent in American English is plow.
    • The horse pulled the plough.
  • Ploughman (noun): A person who operates a plough.
Synonyms
  • Tilling
  • Cultivation (specifically the initial soil-turning stage)
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs - based on the verb 'plough')
  • Plough back into: To reinvest money or profits into a business.
    • The company ploughed its profits back into research.
  • Plough through: To deal with something with difficulty or to move through something with force.
    • She ploughed through the paperwork on her desk.
    • The ship ploughed through the heavy waves.
Related Idioms
  • Plough a lonely furrow: To do something alone, especially when it is difficult or not supported by others.
    • On this issue, the senator is ploughing a lonely furrow.
  • Put one's hand to the plough: To begin or undertake a serious task (from a biblical reference meaning to commit fully).
    • Having put his hand to the plough, he was determined to finish the project.
Noun
  1. tilling the land with a plow
    • he hired someone to do the plowing for him

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