plow

🇬🇧 UK/plau/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A farming tool pulled through the ground to break soil into furrows for planting (American spelling of plough)

v.

To turn over soil with a plow; to move forcefully through something

犁地,耕地;强行穿过

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
plowother
=plow

Common Collocations

  • 1.snow plow扫雪车
  • 2.plow through艰难推进/埋头苦干
  • 3.[steel plow]钢犁
  • 4.put the plow in开始耕作

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Farmers in the Midwest use heavy steel plows to break up the tough prairie soil.

  • 2.

    The city deployed snowplows overnight to clear the highways after the blizzard.

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