Phrase Hound found 58 phrases and 63 compound words that contain plough. The most common are listed below. Open plough in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 58
- Plough MondayThe traditional start of the English agricultural year, generally the first Monday after Epiphany.
- fire-ploughA firelighting tool consisting of two sticks rubbed together to produce heat through friction and heat.
- snow ploughAlternative form of snowplow: A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.
- plough throughTo persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.
- foot ploughAlternative form of footplow: A modified stick tool used for tilling, adapted to manage a variety of soil and terrain types.
- heavy ploughSynonym of carruca: A heavy wheeled turnplough that was used during the Middle Ages.
- mine ploughAlternative spelling of mine plow: A device mounted in front of an armoured vehicle to clear its track of explosive threats otherwise activated when passing by means of digging them up and removing them.
- mole ploughA kind of subsoiler with a torpedo-shaped tip.
- plough backAlternative form of plow back: To reinvest profits into a business.
- Plough SundayThe Sunday that immediately precedes Plough Monday.
- plough-manAlternative spelling of ploughman: A man who plows land with a plow.
- Scotch ploughA wood and iron animal-drawn plough.
- scratch ploughSynonym of ard: A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.
- rain follows the ploughAlternative form of rain follows the plow: A discredited theory of climatology, stating that human habitation and agriculture through homesteading can permanently make an arid region more humid.
- mouldboard ploughA farm tool that is used to cut, lift, and turn soil for primary tillage operations.
- pulley-ploughA steam cable-drawn plowing system or type of horse-drawn grading plow utilizing rope-and-pulley mechanical advantage.
- seeding ploughA plough fitted with a hopper from which seed is automatically deposited.
- plough-boteAlternative form of ploughbote: Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry.
- plough paddleA short stick used to clean away soil and weeds from the coulter and share of a plough.
- plough upAlternative spelling of plow up: To uncover or unearth (something) through plowing.
- plough-almsAlms levied on ploughs (often on those used between certain dates) or ploughlands.
- plough one's own furrowTo go one's own way; to proceed independently, without regard to other people.
- plough one's wayTo make one's way.
- put one's hand to the ploughTo begin an undertaking.
- ard ploughSynonym of ard: A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.
Compound words 63
- ploughshareThe cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade.
- ploughmanAlternative spelling of plowman: A man who plows land with a plow.
- ploughbeamWooden or metal bar that connects the shares of a plough to the yoke.
- ploughlandLand that has been or is meant to be ploughed.
- ploughtailThe hind part or handle of a plough.
- ploughpersonA person who operates a plough.
- snowploughAlternative form of snowplow: A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.
- breastploughA kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) …
- gangploughA plough with multiple plowshares, mouldboards, and coulters, arranged in a series to turn parallel furrows simultaneously.
- overploughTo plough excessively.