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plow

/ plow /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
Type of:
tool
Kinds of:
bull tongue moldboard plow mouldboard plough
Derived:
plough turn
verb Sense 2
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
"Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"
"turn the earth in the Spring"
Type of:
till
Kinds of:
ridge harrow disk
Derived:
plough plowing ploughing plowman ploughman
Entails:
dig delve cut into
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
farming agriculture husbandry
verb Sense 3
move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
"The ship plowed through the water"
Type of:
travel go move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression
"This book deals with incest"
"The course covered all of Western Civilization"
"The new book treats the history of China"
Type of:
broach initiate
Kinds of:
theologize theologise discourse talk about discuss
Derived:
discussion treatment discourse coverage
Verb group:
treat handle do by embrace encompass
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
67%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
37
Times Searched
3
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tool bull tongue moldboard plow mouldboard plough till ridge harrow disk travel go move broach