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Meanings of ploughing in English

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Tillage by the use of a plough/plow.

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Examples for "plowing"
Examples for "plowing"
1
The only heavy labor about the vineyard is the plowing and cultivating.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
2
Several quant funds were slouching toward gigantism, plowing cash into the sector.
The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
3
Evenness in depth and width of furrow is seen in good plowing.
Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement
4
In distant Connecticut, gallant old General Putnam heard the news while plowing.
Ten Great Events in History
5
The first plane plowing into the World Trade Center, then the second.
Dark dreamer: a dark vista romance
Usage of ploughing in English
1
Farmers are ploughing through work on the farm under beautifully clear skies.
Radio NZ
2
Musharraf is ploughing money into Baluchistan's infrastructure to create more economic opportunities.
Reuters
3
Sounds much more amenable than ploughing through audit reports and board documents.
The Irish Times
4
The same ceremony is performed after the ploughing and after the harvesting.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) / A Record of Five Years' Explor...
5
Tilling the earth like this causes less water to evaporate than ploughing.
Reuters
6
And I like to see the men ploughing and working the land.
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill; Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret
7
No other labor, no other contact with the earth is like ploughing.
The Hills of Hingham
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It is ploughing season, and the fields must be prepared for sowing.
Hood
9
Twice the Americans drive them back, ploughing great gaps in their ranks.
Stories of Later American History
10
And here, in the thick of it all, a man was ploughing.
Revolution, and Other Essays
11
Flax is sowed only in sandy places and after a single ploughing.
Characters and events of Roman History
12
We were off ploughing through the sand again early the next morning.
The Voyage of the Rattletrap
13
Horst came ploughing out of the jungle, arms spinning madly for balance.
The Reality Dysfunction
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The ploughing was backward, and the seed-time was a month too late.
The Path of the King
15
And then suddenly: Well, you and Lars get on with the ploughing.
Wanderers
16
The man was for two hours ploughing the little strip of land.
Stories to Tell to Children
About this term
Ploughing through the time
Ploughing across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare