"plow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plow (plural plows)
  1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of plough Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: plough Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-plow-en-noun-HZaKvu5g Disambiguation of Sex: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Derived forms: ard plow, gangplow, mine plow, moldboard plow, plowgate, plowland, plowman, plowshare, Rome plow, snowplow, sodbuster plow, turnplow

Verb

Forms: plows [present, singular, third-person], plowing [participle, present], plowed [participle, past], plowed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} plow (third-person singular simple present plows, present participle plowing, simple past and past participle plowed)
  1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of plough Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: plough
    Sense id: en-plow-en-verb-HZaKvu5g

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for plow meaning in English (3.0kB)

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