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  • noun
    US or Brit plough , pl plows
    [count] a piece of farm equipment that is used to dig into and turn over soil especially to prepare the soil for planting
    snowplow
    under the plow
    of land :used for growing crops
    The amount of local land under the plow is decreasing.
    verb
    US or Brit plough plows; plowed; plowing
    [+ obj] :to dig into or break up (dirt, soil, land, etc.) with a plow
    The soil was freshly plowed.
    They used oxen to plow the field.
    Plow the weeds back into the soil. [=use a plow to bury the weeds]
    chiefly US :to use a snowplow to remove snow from a road, parking lot, etc. [+ obj]
    My street hasn't been plowed yet.
    We hired someone to plow the snow from our driveway. [no obj]
    The town won't start plowing until the storm is almost over.
    to move through, over, or across (something) in a forceful and steady way [+ obj]
    a ship/whale plowing the ocean
    They continued to plow their way through the tall grass. [no obj]
    followed by an adverb or preposition
    A series of damaging storms plowed across the state last fall.
    We plowed through the crowd.
    always followed by an adverb or preposition [no obj] :to do something difficult in a slow or steady way
    She spent several hours plowing through the paperwork on her desk.
    plough a furrow
    xem furrow
    plow ahead
    [phrasal verb]
    to continue to do something without being stopped by problems or opposition
    The city is plowing ahead with plans to demolish the building.
    plow into
    [phrasal verb]
    plow into (someone or something) :to crash into (someone or something) usually at a high speed
    The car plowed into the guardrail.
    plow (money, profits, etc.) into (something) :to invest (money, profits, etc.) in (something) :to put (money) into (something)
    The company plowed millions of dollars into research. - often + back
    For the first 10 years, the profits were all plowed back into the company.
    plow on
    [phrasal verb]
    to continue doing something that is slow and difficult
    I was discouraged, but I plowed on.

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