ploughs

noun

The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres.

1. A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.

   The horse-drawn plough had a tremendous impact on agriculture.

2. The use of a plough; tillage.
3. Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)
4. A joiner's plane for making grooves.
5. A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.

1. To use a plough on to prepare for planting.

   I've still got to plough that field.

2. To use a plough.

   Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset.

3. To have sex with, penetrate.
4. To move with force.

   Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.

5. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
6. To run through, as in sailing.
7. To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
8. (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.
9. (university slang) To fail (a student).

noun

Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed