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

Derived forms: plows, plowing, plowed

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

Encyclopedia: Plow