Complete Definition of "plough"

see|Plough
English

Alternative spellings
US plow

Etymology
Old English pl�h

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-plough.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�|-a�

Noun
en-noun

  1. A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.

#:The horse-drawn plough had a tremendous impact on agriculture.

Translations
trans-top|device pulled through the ground in order to break it upon into furrows for planting
Albanian: plug m
Arabic: ARchar|�حراث IPAchar|(miħr�θ) m
Bosnian: plug#Bosnian|plug m
Catalan: arada f
Croatian: plug#Croatian|plug m
Czech: pluh m
Dutch: ploeg f
Esperanto: plugilo
Finnish: aura#Finnish|aura
French: charrue f
German: Pflug m
Gujarati: હળ (hal) n
Hindi: हल (hal) m, ना��ल (n�.ngal) m
Hungarian: eke
Icelandic: plógur m
Italian: aratro m
Korean: �기 (jaenggi)
Latin: aratrum n
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Latvian: arkls m
Lithuanian: plugas m
Malayalam: �ലപ�പ (kalappa)
Marathi: ना��र (n�ngar), ��त (aūt), हल (hal)
Polish: p�óg m
Portuguese: arado m
Romanian: plug m|f
Romansch: arader m, criec m
Russian: пл�г (plug) m
Sanskrit: हल (hal) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пл�г m
:Roman: plug#Serbian|plug m
Slovene: plug#Slovene|plug m, ralo n
Spanish: arado m
Telugu: నా�లి (naagali), ��ర�ర� (gorru)
Turkish: saban
Urdu: URchar|�� (hal) m, URchar|�ا�گ� (n�ngal) m
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Derived terms
top2
moldboard plow
plough back
plough in
plough into
plough on
ploughman
mid2
ploughshare
plough the back forty
plough through
plough under
snowplough
sodbuster plough
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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb

  1. To use a plough on to prepare for planting.

#:I've still got to plough that field.

  1. vulgar to fuck, to have sex with.

Translations
trans-top|use a plough on to prepare for planting
Arabic: Arab|حرث IPAchar|(ħáraθa)
Bosnian: uzorati
Chinese: � (g�ng)
Croatian: uzorati
Czech: orat
Dutch: ploegen
Finnish: kyntää
French: labourer
German: pflügen
Hindi: हल �लाना (hal �al�n�)
Hungarian: szántani
Italian: arare
Japanese: �� (����, tagayasu)
trans-mid
Korean: �� (galda)
Kurdish: KUchar|ک�ڵا�
Malayalam: �ഴ�� (uzhuka)
Marathi: ना��रण� (n�ngara.ne)
Portuguese: arar, lavrar
Russian: па�а�� (paxát�)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �зо�а�и
:Roman: uzorati
Spanish: arar
Swedish: ploja
Telugu: ద�న�న� (dunnu)
Urdu: URchar|�� ��ا�ا (hal �al�n�)
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trans-top|vulgar: to have sex with
French: labourer
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Intransitive verb
en-verb

  1. To use a plough.

#:Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset.

Translations

trans-top|use a plough
Albanian: plugon
Bosnian: orati
Catalan: llaurar
Croatian: orati
Dutch: ploegen
French: labourer
German: pflügen
Hungarian: szánt
Italian: arare
trans-mid
Korean: �기��� (jaenggijil-hada)
Romanian: ara
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: о�а�и
:Roman: orati
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See also
disc
furrow
harrow
rake
yoke

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