Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [plou]
- /plaʊ/
- /plaʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [plou]
- /plaʊ/
Definitions of plow word
- noun plow an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil. 1
- noun plow any of various implements resembling or suggesting this, as a kind of plane for cutting grooves or a contrivance for clearing away snow from a road or track. 1
- noun plow Type Founding. (formerly) an instrument for cutting the groove in the foot of type. 1
- noun plow Bookbinding. a device for trimming the edges of the leaves by hand. 1
- noun plow (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Ursa Major. the Big Dipper. 1
- verb with object plow to turn up (soil) with a plow. 1
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Origin of plow
First appearance:
before 1100 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1100; Middle English plouh, plugh(e), plough(e), Old English plōh; cognate with German Pflug plow
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Parts of speech for Plow
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
plow popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
plow usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for plow
verb plow
- binning — a box or enclosed place for storing grain, coal, or the like.
- break through — If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it.
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- drudge — a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
noun plow
- cultivator — A cultivator is a tool or machine which is used to break up the earth or to remove weeds, for example in a garden or field.
- mattock — an instrument for loosening the soil in digging, shaped like a pickax, but having one end broad instead of pointed.
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