"plough into" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ploughs into [present, singular, third-person], ploughing into [participle, present], ploughed into [participle, past], ploughed into [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} plough into (third-person singular simple present ploughs into, present participle ploughing into, simple past and past participle ploughed into)
  1. To crash into something. Synonyms: plow into
    Sense id: en-plough_into-en-verb-XVjeKd3a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (into) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 46 13 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (into): 40 27 32
  2. To engage in some activity with vigor.
    Sense id: en-plough_into-en-verb-uu8fWEg4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 46 13
  3. (transitive) To invest a resource (money, material, energy) into something. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-plough_into-en-verb-oNn9urgj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 46 13

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1961 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 138",
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