Meaning of "plough" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLOUGH

Old English plōg plough land; related to Old Norse plogr, Old High German pfluoc.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PLOUGH

plough  [plaʊ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLOUGH

Plough is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb plough in English.

WHAT DOES PLOUGH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plough

The plough or plow is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting to loosen or turn the soil. Ploughs are traditionally drawn by working animals such as horses or cattle, but in modern times may be drawn by tractors. A plough may be made of wood, iron, or steel. It has been a basic instrument for most of recorded history, and represents one of the major advances in agriculture. The primary purpose of ploughing is to turn over the upper layer of the soil, bringing fresh nutrients to the surface, while burying weeds, the remains of previous crops, and both crop and weed seeds, allowing them to break down. It also provides a seed-free medium for planting an alternate crop. In modern use, a ploughed field is typically left to dry out, and is then harrowed before planting. Plowing and cultivating a soil homogenizes and modifies the upper 12 to 25 cm of the soil to form a plow layer. In many soils, the majority of fine plant feeder roots can be found in the topsoil or plow layer. Ploughs were initially human powered, but the process became considerably more efficient once animals were pressed into service.

Definition of plough in the English dictionary

The first definition of plough in the dictionary is an agricultural implement with sharp blades, attached to a horse, tractor, etc, for cutting or turning over the earth. Other definition of plough is any of various similar implements, such as a device for clearing snow. Plough is also a plane with a narrow blade for cutting grooves in wood.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PLOUGH

PRESENT

Present

I plough

you plough

he/she/it ploughs

we plough

you plough

they plough

Present continuous

I am ploughing

you are ploughing

he/she/it is ploughing

we are ploughing

you are ploughing

they are ploughing

Present perfect

I have ploughed

you have ploughed

he/she/it has ploughed

we have ploughed

you have ploughed

they have ploughed

Present perfect continuous

I have been ploughing

you have been ploughing

he/she/it has been ploughing

we have been ploughing

you have been ploughing

they have been ploughing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I ploughed

you ploughed

he/she/it ploughed

we ploughed

you ploughed

they ploughed

Past continuous

I was ploughing

you were ploughing

he/she/it was ploughing

we were ploughing

you were ploughing

they were ploughing

Past perfect

I had ploughed

you had ploughed

he/she/it had ploughed

we had ploughed

you had ploughed

they had ploughed

Past perfect continuous

I had been ploughing

you had been ploughing

he/she/it had been ploughing

we had been ploughing

you had been ploughing

they had been ploughing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will plough

you will plough

he/she/it will plough

we will plough

you will plough

they will plough

Future continuous

I will be ploughing

you will be ploughing

he/she/it will be ploughing

we will be ploughing

you will be ploughing

they will be ploughing

Future perfect

I will have ploughed

you will have ploughed

he/she/it will have ploughed

we will have ploughed

you will have ploughed

they will have ploughed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been ploughing

you will have been ploughing

he/she/it will have been ploughing

we will have been ploughing

you will have been ploughing

they will have been ploughing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would plough

you would plough

he/she/it would plough

we would plough

you would plough

they would plough

Conditional continuous

I would be ploughing

you would be ploughing

he/she/it would be ploughing

we would be ploughing

you would be ploughing

they would be ploughing

Conditional perfect

I would have plough

you would have plough

he/she/it would have plough

we would have plough

you would have plough

they would have plough

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been ploughing

you would have been ploughing

he/she/it would have been ploughing

we would have been ploughing

you would have been ploughing

they would have been ploughing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you plough
we let´s plough
you plough

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to plough

Past participle

ploughed

Present Participle

ploughing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PLOUGH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «plough» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of plough

break ground · cultivate · dig · furrow · ridge · till · turn over

TRANSLATION OF PLOUGH

Find out the translation of plough to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of plough from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plough» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 犁
• Translator English - Spanish: arado
• English: plough
• Translator English - Hindi: हल
• Translator English - Arabic: مِحْرَاث
• Translator English - Russian: плуг
• Translator English - Portuguese: arado
• Translator English - Bengali: লাঙ্গল
• Translator English - French: charrue
• Translator English - Malay: Bajak
• Translator English - German: Pflug
• Translator English - Japanese: 鋤
• Translator English - Korean: 쟁기
• Translator English - Javanese: Plow
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cái bừa
• Translator English - Tamil: கலப்பை
• Translator English - Marathi: नांगर
• Translator English - Turkish: pulluk
• Translator English - Italian: aratro
• Translator English - Polish: pług
• Translator English - Ukrainian: плуг
• Translator English - Romanian: plug
• Translator English - Greek: άροτρο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ploeg
• Translator English - Swedish: plog
• Translator English - Norwegian: plog

9 QUOTES WITH «PLOUGH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plough.

1

Louis Agassiz

The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth.

2

Silvia Cartwright

We often plough so much energy into the big picture, we forget the pixels.

3

Will Ferrell

All you have in comedy, in general, is just going with your instincts. You can only hope that other people think that what you think is funny is funny. I don't have an answer but I just try to plough straight ahead.

4

Jean Froissart

This means that they are bound by law and custom to plough the fields of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow the grain; they must also mow and carry home the hay, cut and collect wood, and perform all manner of tasks of this kind.

5

George Orwell

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.

6

Erich Maria Remarque

The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off.

7

Juan Manuel Santos

Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to walk in the same direction; otherwise, you cannot plough and that is what was happening in Colombia. One ox was walking in one direction, the other in another direction, so the democracy was not working.

8

Andrew Taylor Still

My father was a progressive farmer, and was always ready to lay aside an old plough if he could replace it with one better constructed for its work. All through life, I have ever been ready to buy a better plough.

9

Lyall Watson

Air is traditionally 'thin,' but the more we learn about our atmosphere, the more substantial it becomes. In some places it is so filled with inorganic flotsam that it is almost thick enough to plough; in others, it has become so primed with the by-products of life that it comes close to being a living tissue in its own right.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLOUGH»

Discover the use of plough in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plough and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Plough, Sword, and Book: The Structure of Human History

Elucidates and argues for the author's concept of human history from the past to the present

Ernest Gellner, 1992

From the Sword to the Plough: Three Studies on the Earliest ...

Using the dual, opposite concepts of sword and plough, the essays collected in this volume help us understand the great regional variations which developed within Roman provincial culture.

Nico Roymans, 1996

God Speed the Plough: The Representation of Agrarian ...

An interdisciplinary analysis of the history and literature of the land in early modern England.

Andrew McRae, 2002

The Plough-wright's Assistant: Or, A Practical Treatise on ...

From the operation of the plough and the opposite resistance it is exposed to, it is very obvious that the proper place of the point of draught on the fore end of the beam must in a great degree depend on the form of the plough. A plough, of ...

Andrew Gray, 1808

Sport Stretch

The plough (stretch 236) places excessive strain on the lower back and disks and is potentially dangerous for those with low back problems. This stretch can also create a strong stretching force on the neck. Another problem with the plough is ...

Michael J. Alter, 1998

Plough the Furrow: The Fleethaven Trilogy 1

Lincolnshire, 1910.

Margaret Dickinson, 2010

The picture history of inventions from plough to polaris

A lavishly illustrated text-and-picture book, showing how man's scientific and technical imagination shaped his history.

Umberto Eco, Giovanni Battista Zorzoli, 1962

Plough

One finishes Plough enlightened and changed, led to the deepest reaches of the psyche, to places in the self that are almost beyond the capacities of language. There is not a word out of place.

Marcus M. Cornelius, 2008

The Plough and the Pen: Paul S. Gross and the Establishment ...

An ordained Hutterian elder, Paul S. Goss is also an academic, publisher/bookseller and active advocate of pacifism who was instrumental in the establishment of the Hutterite colony in Spokane, Washington.

Vance Joseph Youmans, 1995

What Happened When Balarama Wielded the Plough

He thenrose from hisseat, grabbed the plough thatwashis favourite weapon, andstalked to the riverbank. He plunged the plough into the waters anddragged it this wayandthat. 'You wouldn't cometome. Now youhavetogo everywhere thatIdo.

Anita Nair, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLOUGH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plough is used in the context of the following news items.

'There are only a few left to plough our fields'

HomePuneCover Story. 'There are only a few left to plough our fields'. Pune Mirror | Jul 27, 2015, 02.30 AM IST. inShare0. Share on Linkedin. Comments. More ... «Pune Mirror, Jul 15»

Girls get a grip over the plough

A common sight while visiting farms in rural areas during the planting and harvesting season is the large presence of women, mostly ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

Fame and Fortune: I plough my inheritance into the land

BEN GOLDSMITH was a winner when he bet on a Tory majority at the election — but won't be putting any money on brother Zac becoming ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»

'Plough Queen' launches this year's Tullow Show

Probably the best-known woman in ploughing was at the Tara Arms Hotel last Thursday night to officially launch this year's Tullow Agricultural ... «Carlow People, Jul 15»

AFC has jumped the gun at Plough Lane: McLean

AFC has jumped the gun at Plough Lane: McLean. By Jim Cremin 2:20PM 24 JUL 2015. DIANE McLEAN, who fronts greyhound racing's We Want Wimbledon ... «Racing Post, Jul 15»

Plough Inn, Main Street, Rosliston, hoping to change land from …

Landlords of the Plough Inn, in Main Street, Rosliston, have applied to the planning department at South Derbyshire District Council to extend ... «Burton Mail, Jul 15»

Roads fit for the 21st Century: Manchester to plough extra £8m into …

Town hall chiefs have agreed to plough an extra £8m of funding into improving some of the city's busiest roads over the next three years. «Mancunian Matters, Jul 15»

First certified Isobus plough control

Lemken is the first manufacturer worldwide to offer an Isobus plough control. The plough control was tested according to the guidelines of the ... «CAN Newsletter Online, Jul 15»

Bluegrass outfit Lindsay Lou And The Flatbellys at the Plough Arts …

Lindsay Lou And The Flatbellys are a fresh new voice in modern bluegrass, with driving instrumentals. Lindsay's soulful voice, intriguing lyrics ... «North Devon Journal, Jul 15»

Heritage Trust hosting Tavern Tastings at Golden Plough Tavern

The backyard of the Golden Plough Tavern will play hose to the York County Heritage Trust's series of Olde York Tavern Tastings on the First ... «York Dispatch, Jul 15»