plowed

Thân thiện

The farmer surveyed the freshly plowed field.

Definition

Adjective 1. (of land, especially farmland) Broken and turned over with a plow. This describes soil that has been prepared for planting by using a plow to cut, lift, and invert the top layer of earth.

Usage

The adjective "plowed" is used to describe the state of land after the action of plowing. It is typically used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like 'was' or 'looked').

Examples

• The farmer surveyed his plowed field, ready for sowing.
• After the storm, the wet soil in the plowed land was difficult to walk on.
• The entire acreage was plowed by the end of the week.
• From the hill, the landscape was a patchwork of plowed and unplowed earth.

Advanced Usage

• Metaphorical Use: Sometimes used metaphorically to describe something that has been thoroughly worked over or processed, though this is less common.
  • Example: His mind felt like plowed ground after the intense study session.

Variants and Related Words

• Plow (verb): The action of breaking and turning over soil with a plow.
  • Example: They need to plow the north field tomorrow.
• Plowing (noun/gerund): The process or activity of using a plow.
  • Example: The plowing took three full days.
• Unplowed (adjective): Land that has not been plowed.
  • Example: The unplowed section was left as a wildlife habitat.

Synonyms

• Tilled
• Cultivated (specifically when referring to prepared soil)
• Furrowed

Antonyms

• Unplowed
• Untilled
• Fallow (land left unplowed and unseeded for a period)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow
   • plowed fields

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ploughed