Plow — Defs

01 n. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to…

1.
A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
“Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.” — Dryden.
2.
Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
3.
A carucate of land; a plowland.[Obs.]
“Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.” — Tale of Gamelyn.
4.
A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
5.
An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.(Bookbinding)
6.
Same as Charles's Wain.(Astron.) See: Charles's Wain

Phrases & compounds

Ice plow — a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc.

Mackerel plow — See under Mackerel.

Plow alms — a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church.

Plow beam — that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See Beam, n., 9.

Plow Monday — the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays.

Plow staff — A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff

Snow plow — a structure, usually Λ-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive.

02 v. t. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.

imp. & p. p. Plowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plowing

1.
To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.
2.
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
“Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails.” — Shak.

“With speed we plow the watery way.” — Pope.
3.
To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.(Bookbinding) See: Plow
4.
To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.(Joinery)

Phrases & compounds

To plow in — to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.

To plow up — to turn out of the ground by plowing.

03 v. i. To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.

1.
To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.
“Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ?” — Isa. xxviii. 24.