plough

A large farm tool that cuts and turns the soil before seeds are planted.

• The horse pulled the plough.
• They bought a new plough for the farm.
• Old wooden ploughs are displayed in the museum.

Similar words: plow

Common phrases: pull a plough, horse-drawn plough, a tractor plough, a steel plough

To cut and turn soil with a large farm tool so it is ready for planting.

• We plough the fields in spring.
• The farmer ploughed this land yesterday.
• Have they ploughed the whole field yet?

Similar words: plow, till

Common phrases: plough a field, plough the soil, plough the land

To move forward with force through something that makes movement difficult.

• The boat ploughed through the waves.
• We ploughed through thick mud to reach the house.
• A heavy truck was ploughing through the floodwater.

How to use it: plough through something (The truck ploughed through the deep snow.)

Similar words: plow, push, force one's way

Common phrases: plough through snow, plough through water, plough through something

To hit someone while moving and knock them down, continuing without stopping.

• The truck ploughed him down.
• A player ploughed me over and kept running.
• The van ploughed down two pedestrians before hitting a wall.

How to use it: plough someone down (The speeding van ploughed a cyclist down.); plough someone over (A running child almost ploughed me over.)

Similar words: run over, knock down, plow

Common phrases: plough someone down, plough someone over