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PLOW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

Synonyms:

plough; plow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("plow" is a kind of...):

tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plow"):

bull tongue (a heavy plow with a single wide blade; used chiefly in cotton fields)

moldboard plow; mouldboard plough (plow that has a moldboard)

Derivation:

plow (to break and turn over earth especially with a plow)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

Example:

The new book treats the history of China

Synonyms:

address; cover; deal; handle; plow; treat

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "plow" is one way to...):

broach; initiate (bring up a topic for discussion)

Verb group:

do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)

comprehend; cover; embrace; encompass (include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "plow"):

theologise; theologize (treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character)

discourse; discuss; talk about (to consider or examine in speech or writing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

To break and turn over earth especially with a plow

Example:

turn the earth in the Spring

Synonyms:

plough; plow; turn

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "plow" is one way to...):

till (work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation)

"Plow" entails doing...:

cut into; delve; dig; turn over (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "plow"):

ridge (plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip)

disk; harrow (draw a harrow over (land))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

plow (a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing)

plower (a man who plows)

plowing (tilling the land with a plow)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil

Example:

The ship plowed through the water

Synonyms:

plough; plow

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "plow" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

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