Phrase Hound found 32 phrases and 62 compound words that contain plow. The most common are listed below. Open plow in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 32
- mine plowA 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.
- Plow MondayAlternative spelling of Plough Monday: The traditional start of the English agricultural year, generally the first Monday after Epiphany.
- foot plowAlternative form of footplow: A modified stick tool used for tilling, adapted to manage a variety of soil and terrain types.
- mole plowAlternative form of mole plough: A kind of subsoiler with a torpedo-shaped tip.
- Rome plowLarge, specially modified armored bulldozers used in South Vietnam by the United States military during the Vietnam War.
- snow plowAlternative form of snowplow: A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.
- rain follows the plowA discredited theory of climatology, stating that human habitation and agriculture through homesteading can permanently make an arid region more humid.
- plow upTo uncover or unearth (something) through plowing.
- plow aheadTo continue doing something difficult; to continue without regard for resistance.
- plow backTo reinvest profits into a business.
- plow underTo destory (crops) by turning them into the ground with a plow
- gang plowAlternative form of gangplow: A plow with multiple plowshares, moldboards, and colters, arranged in a series to turn parallel furrows simultaneously.
- ice plowAlternative form of ice plough: An instrument for cutting grooves in ice to facilitate its removal and use for refrigeration.
- motor plowA farm tool that loosens or turns soil before the planting or sowing of seeds.
- plow downAlternative spelling of plough down: To dig up and incorporate a legume crop into the soil by ploughing it over when it is fully grown.
- plow ironAlternative form of plough iron: The colter of a plough.
- plow ironsplural of plow iron: The colter of a plough.
- plow jockeyAlternative form of plough jockey: A person from a rural region.
- plow overAlternative spelling of plough over: To dig through and loosen soil using a plough.
- plow soleA compact layer of soil at the base of a furrow
- plow stopA method of stopping by bringing the back of the skates outwards, and the front inward, imitating a snowplow.
- plow stoppedsimple past and past participle of plow stop
- plow stoppingpresent participle and gerund of plow stop
- plow stopsplural of plow stop: A method of stopping by bringing the back of the skates outwards, and the front inward, imitating a snowplow.
- plow throughUS standard spelling of plough through.
Compound words 62
- snowplowA motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.
- plowmanA man who plows land with a plow.
- plowerOne who plows; one who works land with a plow.
- plowshareAlternative spelling of ploughshare: The cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade.
- plowwomanA female plower, who plows land with a plow.
- plowboyAlternative spelling of ploughboy: A boy who directed the draught animals that pulled a plough; a boy who served as a ploughman's helper.
- plowpointA detachable plowshare (cutting blade) at the extreme front end of the plow body.
- breastplowAlternative form of breastplough: A 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 …
- gangplowA plow with multiple plowshares, moldboards, and colters, arranged in a series to turn parallel furrows simultaneously.
- overplowAlternative spelling of overplough: To plough excessively.