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Meanings of plowing in English

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Tilling the land with a plow.

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Examples for "ploughing"
Examples for "ploughing"
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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
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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
Usage of plowing in English
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The only heavy labor about the vineyard is the plowing and cultivating.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
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Several quant funds were slouching toward gigantism, plowing cash into the sector.
The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
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Evenness in depth and width of furrow is seen in good plowing.
Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement
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In distant Connecticut, gallant old General Putnam heard the news while plowing.
Ten Great Events in History
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The first plane plowing into the World Trade Center, then the second.
Dark dreamer: a dark vista romance
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Harrowing in fertilizers on light ground is better than plowing them in.
Success with Small Fruits
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The plowing under of any other organic substance has the same effect.
Dry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low ...
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Finally, at noon, we were plowing the waves of the Red Sea.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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To see persons plowing, denotes activity and advancement in knowledge and fortune.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
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He went back across the field and Hiram returned to his plowing.
Hiram the Young Farmer
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The Snowpiercer is a train plowing through the icy remains of Earth.
Wired
12
If he can avoid plowing into the trees, he might even win.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
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A minute later she was plowing her way through the storming sea.
A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy
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Across the field the two Negro men were plowing in the newground.
God’s Little Acre
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He stopped plowing and went home to clean up and eat dinner.
The Life of Me: An Autobiography
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Either by plowing or forking, deepen as well as enrich the soil.
The Home Acre
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Plowing through the time
Plowing across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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