plough

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Synonyms: slough, clough, lough, plugh, blough, pough, pleugh, prough

Antonyms: slough, clough, lough, plugh, blough, pough, pleugh, prough

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q11464}} {{lb|en|agriculture}} A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into [[furrow]]s for planting.
2. Any of several other tools or implements that cut and push material.
3. The use of a [[#English:_Q11464|plough]]; [[tillage]].
4. {{alt form|en|Plough}} ({{synonym of|en|Ursa Major}})
5. {{alternative form of|en|ploughland}}, an ''alternative name for a'' '''[[carucate]]''' or '''[[hide]]'''.
6. {{lb|en|yoga}} A [[yoga]] pose resembling a traditional plough, ''halāsana''.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To use a plough.
3. To [[move]] with force.
4. {{lb|en|transitive|colloquial}} To [[knock over]] or [[run over]] (someone) without stopping.
5. To [[furrow]]; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
6. {{lb|en|nautical}} To run through, as in sailing.
7. {{lb|en|bookbinding}} To [[trim]], or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
8. {{lb|en|joinery}} To cut a [[groove]] in, as in a [[plank]], or the edge of a [[board]]; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
9. {{lb|en|UK|university slang|obsolete|transitive}} To [[fail]] (a student).
10. {{lb|en|transitive|vulgar}} To sexually [[penetrate]], typically in a [[vigorous]] manner.

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