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Definition of Plow
Pronunciation: ploud | n. | 1. | A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. | | 2. | Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. | | 3. | A carucate of land; a plowland. | | 4. | A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. | | 5. | (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. | | 6. | (Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain. | | v. t. | 1. | To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field. | | 2. | To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing. | | 3. | (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5. | | 4. | (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc. | | v. i. | 1. | To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything. |
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