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# ploughshare

noun (a ploughshare, ploughshares; US plowshare)

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

## Everyday

1. The sharp metal blade of a plough that cuts into the soil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughshare/#m1)
2. (Bible) «They shall beat their swords into ploughshares» (Isaiah and Micah) is a picture of peace: weapons are made into farm tools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughshare/#m2)

### In the lessons

In religion lessons and peace talks, «swords into ploughshares» means stopping war and using things to help people grow food. In history and farming lessons a ploughshare is part of the plough pulled by oxen or horses. Phrases: «swords into ploughshares», «beat swords into ploughshares».

### Examples

- «They shall beat their swords into ploughshares.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughshare/#x1)
- The farmer sharpened the ploughshare before spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughshare/#x2)
- A statue outside the United Nations shows a man beating a sword into a ploughshare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughshare/#x3)
- The ploughshare cut deep into the soil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughshare/#x4)
- The prophets dreamed of a time when weapons become ploughshares. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughshare/#x5)
- Old ploughshares were made of iron. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughshare/#x6)
- They never knew when they were safe from him, as he could change himself into a man, woman or child, a stick, a goat, a ploughshare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughshare/#x7)

### Note

UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ spelling: plough (said «plow»); US: plow, plowshare. Countable. Mostly used today in the Bible phrase.

## On Mova

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