plough
plough /pl'aʊ/ (ploughs ploughing ploughed)
in AM, use plow
1 [N-COUNT]
A plough is a large farming tool with sharp blades which is pulled across the soil to turn it over, usually before seeds are planted.
see also snowplough
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
When someone ploughs an area of land, they turn over the soil using a plough.
They ploughed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland.
...a carefully ploughed field.
● ploughing [N-UNCOUNT]
In Roman times November was a month of hard work in ploughing and sowing.
3
to plough a furrow: see furrowplough back
[PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P into n
If profits are ploughed back into a business, they are used to increase the size of the business or to improve it. (BUSINESS)
About 70 per cent of its profits are being ploughed back into the investment programme.plough into
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If something, for example a car, ploughs into something else, it goes out of control and crashes violently into it.
A young girl and her little brother were seriously hurt when a car ploughed into them on a crossing.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] be V-ed P n/-ing, V n P n/-ing
If you say that money is ploughed into something such as a business or a service, you are emphasizing that the amount of money which is invested in it or spent on it in order to improve it is very large. (BUSINESS)
Huge sums of private capital will be ploughed into the ailing industries of the east...
He claimed he ploughed all his money into his antique business.plough up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If someone ploughs up an area of land, they plough it, usually in order to turn it into land used for growing crops.
It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.
in AM, use plow
1 [N-COUNT]
A plough is a large farming tool with sharp blades which is pulled across the soil to turn it over, usually before seeds are planted.
see also snowplough
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
When someone ploughs an area of land, they turn over the soil using a plough.
They ploughed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland.
...a carefully ploughed field.
● ploughing [N-UNCOUNT]
In Roman times November was a month of hard work in ploughing and sowing.
3
to plough a furrow: see furrowplough back
[PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P into n
If profits are ploughed back into a business, they are used to increase the size of the business or to improve it. (BUSINESS)
About 70 per cent of its profits are being ploughed back into the investment programme.plough into
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If something, for example a car, ploughs into something else, it goes out of control and crashes violently into it.
A young girl and her little brother were seriously hurt when a car ploughed into them on a crossing.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] be V-ed P n/-ing, V n P n/-ing
If you say that money is ploughed into something such as a business or a service, you are emphasizing that the amount of money which is invested in it or spent on it in order to improve it is very large. (BUSINESS)
Huge sums of private capital will be ploughed into the ailing industries of the east...
He claimed he ploughed all his money into his antique business.plough up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If someone ploughs up an area of land, they plough it, usually in order to turn it into land used for growing crops.
It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.