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# plow

noun (plow, plows); verb (plow, plows, plowed, plowing)

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

## Everyday

1. A plow is a farm tool pulled by animals to turn over the soil; it is the American spelling of «plough». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plow/#m1)
2. To plow is to turn over soil with a plow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plow/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a farmer leaves his plow in the field and goes to the city; a plow buffalo pulls the plow; in dialect tales a plow-hand is a farm worker

### Examples

- Cincinnatus left his plow standing where it was. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plow/#x1)
- Keep the bulls and the plow buffaloes by themselves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plow/#x2)
- The farmer plows the field before the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plow/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Plowing is also a picture in the Prophets and Writings. Those who "plow iniquity" reap trouble, and the psalmist's back is "plowed" by cruel enemies like a field.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the ban on plowing with an ox and an ass together as a law of kindness to animals, since they are unequal in strength. The sayings about plowing evil are read as teaching that deeds bring their results.

### Examples

- Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. (Torah DEU.22.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plow/#x1)
- The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. (Writings PSA.129.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plow/#x2)
- According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same. (Writings JOB.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plow/#x3)
- Is the plowman never done with plowing to sow, with the opening and harrowing of his ground? (Prophets ISA.28.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plow/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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