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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
Synonyms
Examples for "
share
"
share
plowshare
Examples for "
share
"
1
We
share
information to meet common goals, often far in the future.
2
The current year results included 2 cents per
share
in special items.
3
District councils across Northern Ireland must
share
power, the SDLP insisted today.
4
Countries that
share
common water supplies will see their diplomatic relations tested.
5
Traditional families usually
share
one house and one set of house rules.
1
All his farming had been done with calloused hands on the
plowshare
.
2
A
plowshare
cuts through more of his superstitions than a mission school.
3
I would rust the blade of the
plowshare
,
I would break the handles.
4
Was sorrow the only
plowshare
that turned the quiescent soul to bountiful harvest?
5
Twenty-five miles we bane goin' to sharpen a
plowshare
or shod a horse yet.
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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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
ploughshare
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
rude ploughshare
fearful ploughshare
fine ploughshare
forsook ploughshare
go the ploughshare
More collocations
Translations for
ploughshare
Catalan
rella
Ploughshare
through the time
Ploughshare
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common