Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 10 compound words that contain plows. The most common are listed below. Open plows in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- Rome plowsplural of Rome plow: Large, specially modified armored bulldozers used in South Vietnam by the United States military during the Vietnam War.
- snow plowsplural of snow plow: A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.
- gang plowsplural of gang plow: A plow with multiple plowshares, moldboards, and colters, arranged in a series to turn parallel furrows simultaneously.
- ice plowsplural of ice plow: An instrument for cutting grooves in ice to facilitate its removal and use for refrigeration.
- mine plowsplural 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 plowsplural of mole plow: A kind of subsoiler with a torpedo-shaped tip.
- motor plowsplural of motor plow: A farm tool that loosens or turns soil before the planting or sowing of seeds.
- plows aheadthird-person singular simple present indicative of plow ahead: To continue doing something difficult; to continue without regard for resistance.
- plows backthird-person singular simple present indicative of plow back: To reinvest profits into a business.
- plows downthird-person singular simple present indicative of plow down: To dig up and incorporate a legume crop into the soil by ploughing it over when it is fully grown.
- plows overthird-person singular simple present indicative of plow over: To dig through and loosen soil using a plough.
- plows throughthird-person singular simple present indicative of plow through: US standard spelling of plough through.
- plows underthird-person singular simple present indicative of plow under: To destory (crops) by turning them into the ground with a plow
- plows upthird-person singular simple present indicative of plow up: To uncover or unearth (something) through plowing.
- trench-plowsthird-person singular simple present indicative of trench-plow: To plough with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.
- plows the sandsthird-person singular simple present indicative of plow the sands: to spend considerable time and effort to do something useless; to waste time
- plows one's waythird-person singular simple present indicative of plow one's way: To make one's way.
- up-plowsthird-person singular simple present indicative of up-plow: To plow up; tear up as by plowing.
- plows with one's heiferthird-person singular simple present indicative of plow with one's heifer: To have an affair with another man's wife or to deal with the wife in order to obtain something from her husband.
Compound words 10
- plowsharesplural of plowshare: The cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade.
- snowplowsthird-person singular simple present indicative of snowplow: A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.
- breastplowsplural of breastplow: 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 difficultly, or …
- footplowsplural of footplow: A modified stick tool used for tilling, adapted to manage a variety of soil and terrain types.
- gangplowsplural of gangplow: A plow with multiple plowshares, moldboards, and colters, arranged in a series to turn parallel furrows simultaneously.
- mineplowsplural of mineplow: 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.
- overplowsthird-person singular simple present indicative of overplow: To plough excessively.
- plowsoilAlternative form of ploughsoil: The soil down to the level at which it will have been disturbed by ploughing.
- plowsoilsplural of plowsoil: The soil down to the level at which it will have been disturbed by ploughing.
- plowsoleAlternative form of plow sole: A compact layer of soil at the base of a furrow