A large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn by a tractor or animals and used for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it over, especially to prepare for the planting of seeds.

The farmer used a plough to prepare the field for the new crop season.

A tool resembling a plough, used for clearing snow from roads or paths.

The city deployed a plough to clear the streets after the heavy snowfall.

The act or process of ploughing land.

After a quick plough, the soil was ready for sowing.

ploughverb

To turn over the soil with a plough, especially before sowing.

Farmers plough the fields in the spring to prepare for planting.

To move forcefully into or through something.

The ship ploughed through the rough seas during the storm.

To proceed steadily and laboriously.

She ploughed through the dense textbook to prepare for her exam.

To fail an examination or course.

He was disappointed to learn that he had ploughed his math exam.

ploughadjektiv

Relating to, intended for, or used in ploughing.

Old plough horses were bred for strength rather than speed.