Translation of 'Plough' in English

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plough
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adj. ploughable.
plough
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expr. plough back, to reinvest (the profits of a business) in the same business.
Ex. Nearly 40 per cent of all the profits United States Steel has earned during this period has been ploughed back into this programme (New York Times).
plough
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expr. plough into, to invest in.
Ex. In the last ten years Imperial Oil has ploughed a billion dollars into the Canadian economy (Maclean's).
plough
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expr. plough out,
a. to dig or thrust out (of the ground) with a plough.
Ex. to plough out roots or weeds.
b. to remove; cast out; hollow out.
Ex. channels ploughed out by a river. (Figurative.) God loves not to plough out the h
plough
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expr. plough under,
a. to bury in the soil by ploughing (grass or legume) as a form of green manure.
Ex. This crop furnishes hay and perhaps some pasturage before it is ploughed under (Fred W. Emerson).
b. (U.S.) to reduce overproduct
plough
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expr. plough up,
a. to break up (ground) by ploughing.
Ex. The wild boar ploughs it [the earth] up like a furrow, and does irreparable damage in the cultivated lands (Oliver Goldsmith).
b. to dig or thrust out (of the ground) by ploug
plough
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noun plougher.
plough
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noun 1. a big, heavy, farm implement or piece of machinery for cutting the soil and turning it over.
Ex. The plough bottom lifts, turns, and breaks up the soil (A. D. Longhouse).
2. a machine for removing snow; snowplough.
3. any one
plough
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plough (1), noun, verb.
(Especially British)
plough
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plough (2), transitive verb.
(British Slang.) to fail a student; flunk.
Ex. A Greek classmate of mine at Exeter was ploughed in preliminary Greek (Joel Sayre).
Plough
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2. the entire constellation Ursa Major.' title='Plough (3), noun.
1. the Big Dipper; Charles's Wain.
2. the entire constellation Ursa Major. in english'>Plough (3), noun.
1. the Big Dipper; Charles's Wain.
2. the entire constellation Ursa Major. 2. the entire constellation Ursa Major.' onclick='Pronounce(this.id);'>
plough
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v.i. 1. to use a plough.
Ex. The farmer prefers to plough in the fall, so that he can begin seeding in the spring as soon as weather permits (Colby and Foster).
2. to move as a plough does; advance slowly and with effort.
Ex. the ... h
plough
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v.t. 1. to turn up (the soil) with a plough; till.
Ex. to plough a straight furrow.
2. to remove with a plough or as if with a plough.
Ex. to plough snow, to plough up old roots.
3. to furrow.
Ex. to plough a field, (Figur

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