ploughing
Breaking ground mechanically
Ploughing is the act of turning over soil with a plough to prepare land for planting.
The work is slow and methodical, which gives rise to figurative uses: to plough through a book is to read it steadily; to plough on is to persist despite difficulty.
In British slang, ploughing can mean having vigorous sex.
Also spelled plowing.
Agricultural pulling vehicle
- plowshareCutting blade for tillage
- oxenCastrated male cattle
- horse-drawnPowered by equines
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
scarifier · moldboard · coulter · harrow · disk · cultivator · yoke · draft animals
Extremely distressing or disturbing
- diskingCultivating with bladed implement
- chiselingCutting with edged tool
- rototillingMechanical soil cultivation
- scarifyingCausing extreme fear
turning · furrowing · seedbed · ridging · spading · mulching · bedding · planking
Planting for cultivation
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- harvestGathering mature crops
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
- seedlingRecently sprouted young plant
irrigation · fertilizing · field · acreage · husbandry · growing season · agricultural · arable
tractor
Agricultural pulling vehicle
- plowshareCutting blade for tillage
- oxenCastrated male cattle
- horse-drawnPowered by equines
combine · scarifier · moldboard · coulter · harrow · disk · cultivator · yoke · draft animals · plowman
harrowing
Extremely distressing or disturbing
- diskingCultivating with bladed implement
- chiselingCutting with edged tool
- rototillingMechanical soil cultivation
scarifying · turning · furrowing · seedbed · ridging · spading · mulching · bedding · planking · listing
sowing
Planting for cultivation
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- harvestGathering mature crops
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
seedling · irrigation · fertilizing · field · acreage · husbandry · growing season · agricultural · arable · fallow
ridge
Narrow raised strip
sod · turning · slice · drill · bed · earthwork · row · strip · headland · plowline
- British farmingsheep farming, dairy farming, cattle farming, mixed farming, pig farming
ploughingabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
neglecting · rewilding · building on · idling
- ploughing throughPersisting despite resistance
- ploughing aheadProceeding with determination
- snow ploughingClearing frozen precipitation from surfaces
- ploughing onContinuing despite obstacles
- ploughing intoForceful forward collision
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