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plowing |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in to run through as in sailing. Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. --Shak. With speed we plow the watery way --Pope. 3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of as a book or paper, with a plow. See {Plow}, n., 5. 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 {To plow in}, to cover by plowing; as to plow in wheat. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plowing n : tilling the land with a plow; "he hired someone to do the plowing for him" [syn: {ploughing}]
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