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Definition of Plows

Plow
Plow Plow, Plough Plough, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plowed (ploud) or Ploughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plowing or Ploughing.] 1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field. 2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing. Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. --Shak. With speed we plow the watery way. --Pope. 3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5. 4. (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc. To plow in, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.
Plow
Plow Plow, Plough Plough (plou), v. i. To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything. --Shak. Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? --Isa. xxviii. 24.

Meaning of Plows from wikipedia

- ploughs cut the soil into pieces. Disc ploughs can be used where mould plows are not suitable. Rotary ploughs are used to prepare seed beds. The gauge...
- Deep plowing is a plowing to a depth greater than 50 cm (20 in) as compared to ordinary plowing which rarely exceeds 20 cm (8 in). The purpose of deep...
- removal by plows. In the 1840s railway companies began using Bucker plows to remove snow from railways. The first incarnation of the wedge plow was the Bucker...
- Rome plows were large, specially modified armored bulldozers used in South Vietnam by the United States military during the Vietnam War. The plow tractors...
- mine plow (plough in British English) is a device designed to clear a lane through a minefield, allowing other vehicles to follow. A mine plow is typically...
- Plow & Hearth is a United States retailer based in Madison, Virginia, specializing in hearth and fireplace accessories, furniture and home furnishings...
- Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin) in the US. The first snow plows were horse-drawn wedge-plows made of wood. The earliest reference found by the Oxford English...
- Contour plowing or contour farming is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines. These contour...
- Look up plowed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plowed may refer to: Plowed (EP), a 1992 EP by Cows "Plowed" (song), a 1994 song by Sponge This disambiguation...
- Fall Plowing is a 1931 oil painting by Grant Wood depicting a plowed field in his home state of Iowa. It pays homage to the recently developed walking...