1. (farming) to break and turn over earth especially with a plough
   "Farmer Jones ploughed his east field last week";
   - plow [N. Amer], turn
    
2. Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
   "The poet ploughed through difficult emotional terrain";
   - cover, treat, handle, plow [N. Amer], deal, address
    
3. Move in a way resembling that of a plough cutting into or going through the soil
   "The ship ploughed through the water";
   - plow [N. Amer]
    
4. [Brit] Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
   "She ploughed for years to make a decent living";
   - tug, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], push, drive, plow [US], sweat, plough on [Brit], plow on [US]

1. A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
   "The farmer attached the plough to his tractor to prepare the field for planting";
   - plow [N. Amer]

1. A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
   - Big Dipper [N. Amer], Dipper, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon

Derived forms: ploughed, ploughs, ploughing

Type of: asterism, broach, fight, go, initiate, locomote, move, struggle, till, tool, travel

Part of: Great Bear, Ursa Major

Encyclopedia: Plough