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# plough

noun (a plough, ploughs); verb (plough, ploughs, ploughed, ploughing)

«plough» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A big farm tool, pulled by a tractor or animals, that turns over and breaks up the soil to get it ready for planting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#m1)
2. (verb) To turn over soil with a plough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#m2)
3. (verb) To move or go forward with force: «the car ploughed into the fence». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#m3)
4. (verb) To keep going with something hard or boring: «plough through homework». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#m4)
5. The Plough: a group of seven bright stars (UK name for the Big Dipper). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#m5)

### In the lessons

In history and science, ploughs helped farmers grow more food. In everyday life, a snowplough clears snow from roads. In astronomy, the Plough points to the North Star. Phrases: «plough through», «snowplough», «plough on».

### Examples

- The farmer ploughed the field before planting wheat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#x1)
- Long ago, horses pulled the plough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#x2)
- A snowplough cleared the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#x3)
- I ploughed through my maths homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#x4)
- The car skidded and ploughed into a hedge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#x5)
- We found the Plough in the night sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#x6)
- Three brothers are ploughing over there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/#x7)

### Note

UK spelling; US spelling is «plow». Rhymes with «cow», not with «through» or «rough». Past: ploughed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «plough» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plough/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«plough» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/plough.html) on Mova free.