plough

1. n. & v. See Plow. Source: opted

2. n. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. Source: opted

3. n. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. Source: opted

4. n. A carucate of land; a plowland. Source: opted

5. n. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. Source: opted

6. n. An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. Source: opted

7. n. Same as Charles's Wain. Source: opted

8. v. t. 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. Source: opted

9. v. t. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing. Source: opted

10. v. t. To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5. Source: opted

11. n. 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. Source: opted

12. v. i. To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything. Source: opted

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