Plow meaning

What does “plow” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“plow” is a noun and verb with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing.

plow

noun

  1. a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

    Synonymsplough

verb

  1. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow

    “Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week”

    “turn the earth in the Spring”

    Synonymsploughturn
  2. act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

    “This book deals with incest”

    “The course covered all of Western Civilization”

  3. move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil

    “The ship plowed through the water”

    Synonymsplough

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University