ploughs
Soil-turning farm tools
Ploughs is the British spelling of plows—the plural noun and third-person singular verb.
A plough is the farming implement that turns soil; to plough is to work land with one or to push through forcefully: The ship ploughs through heavy seas.
To plough on is to persist despite difficulty.
To plough into is to crash into or invest heavily in something.
Narrow plowed channels
- fieldsExpanses for cultivation
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- soilGround matter for planting
- tractorAgricultural pulling vehicle
oxen · cultivation · harrow · sowing · seedbed · agriculture · farmland · acre
Curved blade turning earth
- chiselEdged carving implement
- discFlat circular object
- rotaryInvolving circular motion
- subsoilerDeep tillage implement
ridging · reversible · gang · sulky · walking · swing · wheeled · scratch
Vehicle clearing frozen precipitation
- clearingTreeless space in forest
- roadsPaved paths for vehicles
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- bladeFlat cutting edge
truck · municipal · driveway · sidewalk · salt · gritting · scraping · accumulation
Continue despite obstacles
- trudgeWalk slowly, heavily
- push throughContinue despite resistance
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- persistContinue firmly onward
struggle · forge ahead · determination · toil · slog · grind · work through · press on
Northern bear constellation
- Big DipperSeven-star northern asterism
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
- asterismProminent stellar configuration
- northernToward the top
night sky · Polaris · navigation · stargazing · astronomy · celestial · circumpolar · Great Bear
furrows
Narrow plowed channels
tractor · oxen · cultivation · harrow · sowing · seedbed · agriculture · farmland · acre · turning
moldboard
Curved blade turning earth
subsoiler · ridging · reversible · gang · sulky · walking · swing · wheeled · scratch · heavy
snowplow
Vehicle clearing frozen precipitation
blade · truck · municipal · driveway · sidewalk · salt · gritting · scraping · accumulation · drifts
persevere
Continue despite obstacles
- trudgeWalk slowly, heavily
- push throughContinue despite resistance
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
persist · struggle · forge ahead · determination · toil · slog · grind · work through · press on · endure
Ursa Major
Northern bear constellation
- Big DipperSeven-star northern asterism
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
- asterismProminent stellar configuration
northern · night sky · Polaris · navigation · stargazing · astronomy · celestial · circumpolar · Great Bear
waves
Traveling energy disturbances
ship · vessel · foam · wake · churning · sea · water · hull · cresting · spray
ploughsharrows
Cultivates or agonizes
seeders · planters · rollers · harvesters · reapers
- ploughed intoStruck with momentum
- snow ploughVehicle clearing frozen precipitation
- ploughed throughAdvanced with sustained effort
- ploughing throughPersisting despite resistance
- plough upTurn over earth
- plough throughProceed laboriously through
plough, ploughing, ploughed, ploughman, ploughshare, ploughland, unploughed