ploughed
AdjectiveSynonyms:
plowed
WordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow“plowed fields”Synonyms: plowed
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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