ploughing

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A noun referring to the agricultural activity of turning over and breaking up soil using a plow in preparation for planting crops.

• 🇩🇪Landwirtschaftliche Tätigkeit, bei der der Boden mit einem Pflug gewendet und gelockert wird, um ihn für die Aussaat oder Bepflanzung vorzubereiten.

1. Tilling the land B1 formal

   The act of turning over and breaking up soil using a plow, typically to prepare it for planting crops.

   • The farmer spent the morning ploughing the field.
   • Ploughing is essential before sowing seeds.
   • He finished ploughing the entire acreage by noon.

   🇩🇪Pflügen

   Synonyme: cultivationplowingtillagetilling

• ploughings plural form
• ploughings' possessive plural form
• ploughing's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to turn over soil with a plough for farming, or to move with force through something.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das bedeutet, den Boden mit einem Pflug umzuwenden, besonders in der Landwirtschaft, oder sich mit Kraft durch etwas hindurchzubewegen.

1. Turn over soil B1 formal british

   To turn over the soil with a plough in preparation for planting crops.

   • The farmer ploughed the field before sowing the seeds.
   • They plough the land every spring to aerate the soil.
   • He spent the morning ploughing the back meadow.

   🇩🇪Pflügen

   Synonyme: break upcultivatefurrowharrowtill

2. Move with force B2 informal british

   To move through something with force or difficulty, like through water, snow, or a crowd.

   • The ship ploughed through the rough waves.
   • She ploughed through the snow to reach the car.
   • He ploughed his way through the dense crowd.

   🇩🇪Sich durchkämpfen

   Synonyme: bulldozechargedriveforgeplungepresspushslogthrustwade

   Antonyme: coastdriftfloatglide

3. Work persistently B2 informal british

   To continue working steadily and persistently, especially on a difficult task.

   • She ploughed through the long report all night.
   • He ploughed on with his studies despite the distractions.
   • They ploughed through the pile of paperwork.

   🇩🇪Beharrlich arbeiten

   Synonyme: grindlaborpeg awayperseverepersistplug awayslogtoil

   Antonyme: abandonceasedesistidleloafquitreststop

• ploughed past participle
• plowed past participle
• ploughed past simple
• plowed past simple
• ploughing present participle
• plowing present participle
• ploughs third person singular
• plows third person singular

Phrasal-Varianten: plough on