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ploughing

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tillage

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of plough

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

tilling the land with a plow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he hired someone to do the plowing for him

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: plowing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tilling

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَرْث (ḥarṯ) — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Armenian: վար (var) — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Armenian: հերկ (herk) — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Bulgarian: оран (oran) — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Czech: orání — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • French: labour — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • French: labourage — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Galician: decrúa — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Galician: aradura — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Galician: arada — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • German: Pflügen — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Greek: όργωμα (órgoma) — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Hungarian: szántás — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Ingrian: kyntö — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Ingrian: kynty — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Irish: arathar — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Italian: aratura — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Latvian: aršana — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Norman: tchéthuethie — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Norman: touônn'nie — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Portuguese: aração — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Portuguese: aragem — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Romanian: arătură — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Russian: па́хота (páxota) — breaking of the ground into furrows
  • Spanish: arada — breaking of the ground into furrows
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