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What I'm doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk music's always done. I'm not going to sing about ploughing, but I'll write a song that sounds like it should be about ploughing.
Justin Townes Earle

Meaning of "ploughing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLOUGHING

ploughing  [ˈplaʊɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLOUGHING

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Ploughing is 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.

WHAT DOES PLOUGHING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ploughing

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 ploughing in the English dictionary

The definition of ploughing in the dictionary is the act of ploughing a field.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLOUGHING


borrowing
ˈbɒrəʊɪŋ
continuing
kənˈtɪnjʊɪŋ
easy-going
ˌiːzɪˈɡəʊɪŋ
fast-growing
ˌfɑːstˈɡrəʊɪŋ
flowing
ˈfləʊɪŋ
following
ˈfɒləʊɪŋ
foregoing
fɔːˈɡəʊɪŋ
glowing
ˈɡləʊɪŋ
going
ˈɡəʊɪŋ
growing
ˈɡrəʊɪŋ
knowing
ˈnəʊɪŋ
ongoing
ˈɒnˌɡəʊɪŋ
outgoing
ˈaʊtˌɡəʊɪŋ
overflowing
ˌəʊvəˈfləʊɪŋ
owing
ˈəʊɪŋ
rowing
ˈrəʊɪŋ
sewing
ˈsəʊɪŋ
showing
ˈʃəʊɪŋ
throwing
ˈθrəʊɪŋ
unbowing
ʌnˈbaʊɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLOUGHING

plough
plough back
plough horse
Plough Monday
ploughable
ploughboy
plougher
ploughgate
ploughland
ploughman
ploughman´s lunch
ploughman´s spikenard
ploughmanship
ploughmen
ploughshare
ploughstaff
ploughtail
ploughwright
plouk
ploukie

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLOUGHING

anything
be laughing
be on to a good thing
clothing
contour ploughing
coughing
everything
fishing
laughing
matching
neighing
nothing
publishing
searching
sighing
something
teaching
the first thing
unsighing
unweighing

Synonyms and antonyms of ploughing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLOUGHING»

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

Translation of «ploughing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLOUGHING

Find out the translation of ploughing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ploughing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ploughing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

春耕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arar
570 millions of speakers

English

ploughing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जुताई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحرث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вспашки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চাষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

labour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membajak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pflügen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

耕起
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경작
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plowing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cày
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உழவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जमिनीची खोल नांगरणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çiftçilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aratura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

orki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оранки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όργωμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ploeg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plöjning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pløying
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ploughing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLOUGHING»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLOUGHING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ploughing

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5 QUOTES WITH «PLOUGHING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ploughing.
1
Justin Townes Earle
What I'm doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk music's always done. I'm not going to sing about ploughing, but I'll write a song that sounds like it should be about ploughing.
2
Kate Fleetwood
When you're in a rehearsal room, it's like getting into a car and going on a long journey with everyone's stuff in the back. If you keep stopping the car and going, 'Are you sure we want to go?' and think, 'This is really daunting,' you will get frightened, so you just have to keep ploughing through it.
3
Sophie Hannah
The brilliant thing about swimming is that, while you're doing it, there's nothing else you could be getting on with, like the ironing or sorting out the children. My mind goes into free-float mode; some of the best ideas for plots come into my head while I'm ploughing up and down the pool.
4
Ariel Sharon
The strength that I have comes from irrigating the citrus plantation, ploughing in the vineyard, guarding the melon fields at night. I believe that's what gave me the strength.
5
Tristram Stuart
Seasonally ploughing and harvesting crops will mash up a few moles, slice through a burrow of field mice and crush any ground-nesting bird chicks. Far more significant, however, is the creation of the field in the first place: an act that replaces entire ecosystems, along with all their animal inhabitants.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLOUGHING»

Discover the use of ploughing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ploughing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ploughing the Clouds: The Search for Irish Soma
In Ploughing the Clouds, Peter Lamborn Wilson suggests that the ancient Celts of Ireland may have possessed a "Soma" ceremony similar to one described in the Rig Veda, one of the oldest scriptures in the world.
Peter Lamborn Wilson, 1999
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Ploughing the Seas: The Nicaraguan Resistance and the CIA in ...
In this gripping memoir, a young Toronto writer—without journalistic experience or credentials—travels to Central America at the height of the Contra War, on a personal quest to unravel the story of Eden Pastora, an obscure and ...
Hugh Graham, 2001
3
Tractor Ploughing Manual
Produced with the Society of Ploughmen, the first complete guide to all types of tractor ploughing.
Brian Bell, 2004
4
Ploughs and Ploughing
This exclusive travel guide guides the visitor through the most incredible activities to be found in Shanghai: savour the food of world-class chefs in Asia's most romantic two-seater salon; eat at the best holes-in-the-walls and discover ...
Roy Brigden, 1984
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Man, a Geomorphological Agent: An Introduction to Anthropic ...
TECHNIQUES OF SOIL CULTIVATION Ploughing The main techniques of soil cultivation have remained unchanged since times immemorial, differing only in the size and rapidity of the incisions and the overturning of the soil. There are two  ...
D. Nir, 1983
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Ploughing the South Sea: A History of Merchant Shipping on ...
“Ploughing the Sea” is borrowed from the text of a letter sent by Simón Bolívar to one of his lieutenants, complaining that governing his country in the early 19th Century with its never-ending problems was like ploughing the sea; no ...
E. John Mcgarry, 2006
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Financial Management: Théory and Practice
Meaning Ploughing back of profits is a management tool under which management does not distribute the whole of the profits earned during an year to the owners of capital but it retains a part of it to be utilised in future for financing the ...
Eugene F. Brigham, 1985
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Wear of Materials
ELSEVIER SCIENCE f~T\ DIRECT Wear 255 (2003) 30-37 WEAR www.elsevier. com/locate/wear Communication Experimental and numerical study of the ploughing part of abrasive wear M. Barge a-*, G. Kermouche3, P. Gillesb, J.M. ...
Peter J. Blau, R. G. Bayer, 2003
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Wild by Design & Ploughing On...
INTRODUCTION. Ploughing can damage trees in two ways: Physical damage to roots and 1. mycorrhizal root associations which affects living systems and also may allow pathogens to attack vulnerable roots; and Cutting off of lower limbs to ...
Ian D. Rotherham, Christine Handley (eds.), 2012
10
Ploughing Potter's Field
Chilling psychological suspense novel from a brilliant new voice in crime fiction: ‘Terrific plot and a name to watch’ – Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday
Phil Lovesey, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLOUGHING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ploughing is used in the context of the following news items.
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The heaviest of equine hobbies: heavy horse owners showcase …
"It can get pretty technical when you get into the competition ploughing so it's all about working with your horse and making sure the horse goes ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
2
A day's work in Fiji starts with scrubbing clothes on a washboard …
I think back at how painfully difficult it was in the beginning, ploughing this land without any machinery, just two aging bulls. Now, months later ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
Revealed: Tens of millions slashed from mental health budgets
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health today said the government was ploughing hundreds of millions more into mental health - but said ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
4
Ploughing up a tidy €12m in profits
NPA Chairman PJ Lynam and MD Anna May McHugh at the launch of the trade pack for the National Ploughing Championships to be held at ... «Leinster Express, Jul 15»
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'Popzle' heading off to ploughing championships
Greystones woman Amy Sherwin will be off to County Laois in September to bring her business Popzle to the National Ploughing ... «Bray People, Jul 15»
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Ploughing through a noxious green 'sea'
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 25, 2015, with the headline 'Ploughing through a noxious ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
7
'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»
8
Ben & Jerry's millionaire co-founder is ploughing some cash into …
Ben & Jerry's millionaire co-founder is ploughing some cash into Ireland. ChangeX has finished a round of seed funding – and several big ... «The42, Jul 15»
9
London 197 Bus Has Roof Ripped Off After Ploughing Into Bridge
A London double-decker bus had its roof ripped off leaving several passengers wounded, after the driver took a wrong turning and collided with ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
10
Truck carrying watermelons goes ploughing through toll gate
A truck carrying watermelons crashed dramatically through a toll gate in China on Friday, flipping over and ending up on its roof. Witnesses can ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»

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