ploughing
/ˈplaʊɪŋ/
noun
- The activity of turning over soil with a plough to prepare for planting.
- Spring ploughing prepares the fields for sowing seeds.
- Ploughing is hard work that requires strength and patience.
- Modern ploughing uses GPS to make straight rows.
Synonyms
adjective
- Related to or used for ploughing.
- He wore heavy boots for the ploughing work.
- They bought new ploughing equipment for the farm.
- The ploughing season starts in early spring.
verb
- Present participle of plough: turning over soil with a plough.
- The farmer is ploughing the field right now.
- He spends every autumn ploughing the garden.
- They were ploughing when the rain started.
- Present participle of plough: moving forcefully or with great effort through something.
- The truck was ploughing through the mud.
- The boat kept ploughing ahead despite the storm.
- She is ploughing through her reading list before exams.