Definitions for plowing
plow·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. plowing, ploughingnoun

   tilling the land with a plow

   "he hired someone to do the plowing for him"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plowingverb

   riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular.

2. plowingverb

   ploughing

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1. plowing

   A plough or plow (US; both ) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but in modern farms are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden, iron or steel frame, with a blade attached to cut and loosen the soil. It has been fundamental to farming for most of history. The earliest ploughs had no wheels; such a plough was known to the Romans as an aratrum. Celtic peoples first came to use wheeled ploughs in the Roman era.The prime purpose of ploughing is to turn over the uppermost soil, bringing fresh nutrients to the surface while burying weeds and crop remains to decay. Trenches cut by the plough are called furrows. In modern use, a ploughed field is normally left to dry and then harrowed before planting. Ploughing and cultivating soil evens the content of the upper 12 to 25 centimetres (5 to 10 in) layer of soil, where most plant feeder roots grow. Ploughs were initially powered by humans, but the use of farm animals is considerably more efficient. The earliest animals worked were oxen. Later, horses and mules were used in many areas. With the Industrial Revolution came the possibility of steam engines to pull ploughs. These in turn were superseded by internal-combustion-powered tractors in the early 20th century. Use of the traditional plough has decreased in some areas threatened by soil damage and erosion. Used instead is shallower ploughing or other less-invasive conservation tillage.

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1. plowing

   Plowing is an agricultural process involving the digging and turning over of soil in preparation for planting crops. It is generally performed using a plow, a specialized tool or machine. Plowing could also refer to the clearing of snow from roads and sidewalks using vehicles equipped with plow blades.

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1. Plowing

   of Plough

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1. plowing

   The turning of soil, The rolling of top to the bottom

   I plowed the wheat stubble in before it rained.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on December 15, 2015  

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1. • Tilling

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plowing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plowing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of plowing in a Sentence

1. Frederick Douglas:

   The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. . . .If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.

2. Amanda Vincent:

   Consider your favorite forest or hillside and imagine helicopters dropping heavily weighted wires and clear cutting everything in their path, plowing into the soil, but also taking out every bee, butterfly, bird, bush and bear, we wouldn't allow that on land, not for a minute, but this is what's happening in the ocean all day, every day.

3. Tom Nichols:

   He's simply plowing the ground Reagan cleared 30 years ago.

4. Hendrickson Sr.:

   So last winter we were plowing snow together and taking care of people.

5. Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam:

   He was being a great neighbor and he was plowing those roads for his neighbor.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=plowing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plowing
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plowing
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plowing
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=plowing