plough
noun
[ plaʊ ]
• a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds.
• a prominent formation of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), containing the Pointers that indicate the direction to the Pole Star.
• a yoga pose assumed by lying on one's back and swinging one's legs over one's head until the outstretched feet approach or touch the floor.
• "poses such as the plough promote circulation and the drainage of blood from the legs"
plough
verb
• turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing.
• "Uncle Vic ploughed his garden"
• (especially of a vehicle) move in a fast and uncontrolled manner.
• "the car ploughed into the side of a van"
Similar:
career,
plunge,
crash,
smash,
bulldoze,
hurtle,
cannon,
lurch,
drive,
run,
careen,
barrel,
crash into,
smash into,
collide with,
be in collision with,
hit,
strike,
ram,
smack into,
slam into,
bang into,
meet head-on,
run into,
drive into,
bump into,
crack into/against,
dash against,
impact,
• clear snow from (a road) using a snowplough.
• "he could use the car only in summer because the roads weren't ploughed in winter"
• fail (an examination).
• "not many people plough Greats and become a professor of Latin"
Origin:
late Old English plōh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ploeg and German Pflug . The spelling plough became common in England in the 18th century; earlier (16th–17th centuries) the noun was normally spelled plough, the verb plow .
