"plough through" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ploughs through [present, singular, third-person], ploughing through [participle, present], ploughed through [participle, past], ploughed through [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} plough through (third-person singular simple present ploughs through, present participle ploughing through, simple past and past participle ploughed through)
  1. To persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively. Translations (To persevere with an activity of consuming something): pløje igennem (Danish), pløje gennem (Danish)
    Sense id: en-plough_through-en-verb-ZYXuWdO4 Disambiguation of 'To persevere with an activity of consuming something': 99 1
  2. To forcefully make a passage to move through. Translations (To forcefully make a passage to move through): pløje igennem (Danish), pløje gennem (Danish)
    Sense id: en-plough_through-en-verb-rR8B5zKJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "through", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Danish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "through": 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'To forcefully make a passage to move through': 1 99

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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