plowings
Turning the soil
Plowings is the plural of plowing, the act of turning over soil with a plow in preparation for planting.
A field may require multiple plowings before it's ready for seed, and farmers speak of their spring or fall plowings as seasonal work.
The term can extend figuratively to any laborious preparatory work that breaks new ground: After several plowings through the research literature, she finally had a workable thesis.
Narrow plowed channels
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- soilGround matter for planting
- fieldsExpanses for cultivation
- cultivationFostering growth through care
tractor · seedbed · harrow · acreage · farmland · draft horses · moldboard · turning
Foundational preparation for something
- preparationArranging things in advance
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
foundation · pioneering · breaking ground · persistence · struggle · dedication · working through · advancing
furrows
Narrow plowed channels
cultivation · tractor · seedbed · harrow · acreage · farmland · draft horses · moldboard · turning · sowing
groundwork
Foundational preparation for something
- preparationArranging things in advance
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- effortApplied energy toward goals
toil · foundation · pioneering · breaking ground · persistence · struggle · dedication · working through · advancing · progress
clearing
Treeless space in forest
municipal · salt · removal · trucks · driveways · accumulation · storms · pathways · sidewalks · blizzard
plowingsharvests
Collects mature crops
reapings · gatherings · yields · gleaning · gleanings
- plowing throughPushing forward relentlessly
- plowing aheadAdvancing without hesitation
- snow plowingRemoving winter accumulation from roads
- plowing intoColliding forcefully with
- plowing onPersevering through difficulty
- plowing backReturning profits to source