plough+in+furrows

  • 51furrow — [ˈfʌrəʊ] noun [C] I 1) a line that a farmer digs in the soil with a PLOUGH in order to grow plants 2) a deep line in the skin of someone s face II verb [I/T] furrow [ˈfʌrəʊ] if your BROW furrows, or if you furrow it, deep lines appear on your… …

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  • 52plow — [[t]plaʊ[/t]] n. 1) agr. an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil 2) any of various implements resembling or suggesting this, as a contrivance for clearing away snow from a road or track 3)… …

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  • 53furrow — ► NOUN 1) a long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough. 2) a rut or groove. 3) a deep wrinkle on a person s face. ► VERB 1) make a furrow in. 2) mark or be marked with furrows. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 54bull tongue — noun a heavy plow with a single wide blade; used chiefly in cotton fields • Hypernyms: ↑plow, ↑plough * * * noun : a shovel or wide tooth attached to a cultivator or plow to stir the soil, kill weeds, or mark furrows; also : an instrument fitted… …

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  • 55rib — n. & v. n. 1 each of the curved bones articulated in pairs to the spine and protecting the thoracic cavity and its organs. 2 a joint of meat from this part of an animal. 3 a ridge or long raised piece often of stronger or thicker material across… …

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  • 56cross-plow — verb or cross plough ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Etymology: cross (V) intransitive verb : to plow across an earlier plowing transitive verb : to plo …

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