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Meanings of
ploughshare
in English
Catalan
rella
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A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil.
share
plowshare
Catalan
rella
Usage of
ploughshare
in English
1
Break me, O Lord, even as the
ploughshare
breaks the reluctant clod.
2
He traced by the
ploughshare
the walls of the destined city.
3
The shining
ploughshare
will cut its way through acres of mud.
4
And I will dwell in the farmyard beside the
ploughshare
and the hoe!
5
Franklin, the philosopher of the thunder-bolt, the printing-press, and the
ploughshare
!
6
Hasn't some old Johnny somewhere described it as the poetry of the
ploughshare
?
7
O fearful
ploughshare
,
tearing thy way through so many bleeding hearts!
8
The jackal will crouch in your palaces, and the
ploughshare
will upturn your tombs.
9
Burns burst forth in never-dying song while guiding the
ploughshare
.
10
Your heels do stick like a
ploughshare
in the ground.
11
The
ploughshare
has struck against a rock and grits, denting its edge in vain.
12
Now in Granville she saw another man whom love would hold to the
ploughshare
.
13
The sword is not yet beaten into a
ploughshare
,
nor has universal peace arrived.
14
Robert Burns could sing as he drove his
ploughshare
through the fields of Ayr.
15
Sometimes the
ploughshare
had struck against an obstacle underground .
16
Surely there is no sword like that which is beaten out of a
ploughshare
.
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ploughshare
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
rude ploughshare
fearful ploughshare
fine ploughshare
forsook ploughshare
go the ploughshare
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Translations for
ploughshare
Catalan
rella
Ploughshare
through the time
Ploughshare
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common