What is the meaning of ploughing?

noun

  • Tilling the land with a plow.
    • usage: "he hired someone to do the plowing for him"

verb

  • Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil.
    • usage: "The ship plowed through the water"
  • To break and turn over earth especially with a plow.
    • usage: "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
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