Found 4 items, similar to Plough.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: plough bajak
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: plough membajak sawah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Plough Plough n 1: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon] 2: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing [syn: plow]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Plough Plough \Plough\, n. & v. See Plow. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing. [1913 Webster] Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. --Shak. [1913 Webster] With speed we plow the watery way. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] To plow in, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat. To plow up, to turn out of the ground by plowing. [1913 Webster] Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[=o]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[=o]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.] 1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. [1913 Webster] Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.] [1913 Webster] Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. --Tale of Gamelyn. [1913 Webster] 4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. [1913 Webster] 5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. [1913 Webster] 6. (Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain. [1913 Webster] Ice plow, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.] Mackerel plow. See under Mackerel. Plow alms, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. --Cowell. Plow beam, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See Beam, n., 9. Plow Monday, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays. Plow staff. (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff. (b) A plow handle. Snow plow, a structure, usually [Lambda]-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? --Isa. xxviii. 24. [1913 Webster]