plough

გამოთქმა: /plaʊ/

Universal

1a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds.
[mass noun] land that has been ploughed:she saw a brown strip of plough
chiefly North American a snowplough.

2 (the Plough) British a prominent formation of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), containing the Pointers that indicate the direction to the Pole Star. Also called the Big Dipper (North American), Charles's Wain (formerly, in Britain).

Universal

1turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing:the fields had all been ploughed up (as adjective ploughed)a ploughed field
cut (a furrow or line) with or as if with a plough:icebergs have ploughed furrows on the seabed
(of a ship or boat) travel through (an area of water):cruise liners plough the long-sailed routes
(plough something up) unearth something while using a plough:some day someone will plough up the bomb and lose a leg

2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] (especially of a vehicle) move in a fast and uncontrolled manner:the car ploughed into the side of a van
advance or progress laboriously or forcibly:they ploughed their way through deep snow the students are ploughing through a set of grammar exercises
(plough on) continue steadily despite difficulties or warnings to stop:he ploughed on, trying to outline his plans

3chiefly North American clear snow from (a road) using a snowplough: he could use the car only in summer because the roads weren’t ploughed in winter

4British informal, dated fail (an examination): not many people plough Greats and become a professor of Latin

plough a lonely (or one's own) furrow: follow a course of action in which one is isolated or in which one can act independently: it is more sensible for the college as a whole to act than for individual departments to plough a lonely furrow
put (or set) one's hand to the plough: embark on a task: she needed a rest, but she had set her hand to the plough
[with biblical allusion to Luke 9:62]

plough something in/back: plough grass or other material into the soil to enrich it: clover was grown to plough in as green manure; invest money in a business or reinvest profits in the enterprise producing them: savings made through greater efficiency will be ploughed back into the service

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