plow

plow1 verb intransitive or transitive *

1. ) to turn over the soil before planting seeds using a plow:

The fields were being plowed for winter wheat.

2. ) to move snow to the side of a street using a SNOW PLOW so that people can walk or drive easily:

City workers were out plowing the streets as soon as the snow began to fall.

plow a lone/lonely/your own furrow LITERARY

to be the only person doing something or interested in something

,plow `back phrasal verb transitive

to invest profits made by a business back in it in order to make it more successful:

plow something back into something: All that money ought to have been plowed back into the firm.

,plow `into phrasal verb transitive

1. ) plow into someone/something to crash into someone or something with force, especially because you are moving or driving too quickly or in a careless or uncontrolled way:

Luckily no one was hurt when their car plowed into a telephone pole.

2. ) plow something into something to invest a lot of money in something in order to improve it or make it successful:

Last year the government plowed more than three million dollars into road repairs.

`plow ,through phrasal verb transitive

1. ) plow through something to finish doing something that takes a long time and is difficult or boring:

Bob was the only one to plow through all three volumes.

2. ) plough through someone/something to crash through something or a group of people with force, especially because you are moving or driving too quickly or in a careless or uncontrolled way:

The car mounted the curb and plowed through the safety barrier.

3. ) plough through something to move through something with a lot of difficulty:

We had been plowing through the mud for nearly an hour when the wheels finally locked.

,plow `up phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to turn over the grass surface of a field with a plow in order to use the field for growing crops

2. ) to damage the surface of the ground by walking or driving over it too much

plow

plow 2 [ plau ] noun count

1. ) a piece of farm equipment used for turning over the soil before putting seeds into it

2. ) a SNOW PLOW