plowing
农耕,农田耕作,农耕作业,农牧业
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- : an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- : any of various implements resembling or suggesting this, as a kind of plane for cutting grooves or a contrivance for clearing away snow from a road or track.
- : Type Founding. an instrument for cutting the groove in the foot of type.
- : Bookbinding. a device for trimming the edges of the leaves by hand.
- : Astronomy. the constellation Ursa Major.the Big Dipper.
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- : to turn up with a plow.
- : to make with a plow.
- : to tear up, cut into, or make a furrow, groove, etc. in with or as if with a plow: The tractor plowed up an acre of trees.
- : to clear by the use of a plow, especially a snowplow: The city's work crews were busily plowing the streets after the blizzard.
- : to invest, as capital: to plow several hundred million into developing new oil fields.
- : to reinvest or reutilize: to plow profits back into new plants and equipment.
- : to cleave the surface of: beavers plowing the pond.to make or follow in this manner: The yacht plowed an easterly course through the choppy Atlantic.
- : Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse with.
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- : to till the soil or work with a plow.
- : to take plowing in a specified way: land that plows easily.
- : to move forcefully through something in the manner of a plow: The cop plowed through the crowd, chasing after the thief. The car plowed into our house.
- : to proceed in a slow, laborious, and steady manner: The researcher plowed through a pile of reports.
- : to move through water by cleaving the surface: a ship plowing through a turbulent sea.
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- : plow under, to bury under soil by plowing.to cause to disappear; force out of existence; overwhelm: Many mom-and-pop groceries have been plowed under by the big chain stores.
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For example, when tackling a large space like your driveway, the fastest method is to start down the center using a plow shovel, and then work your way towards the outer edges, finally removing the snow with a traditional snow shovel.
Not long ago, a whole host of artists were plowing these fields—Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Johnny Winter.
The company is plowing the profits from the first store into expansion.
Meanwhile, the private sector—and state and local governments—are getting on with their business and plowing ahead.
And then third, figure out how you can live on 75% of your income, while plowing 25% into retirement savings.
If we are plowing hundreds of billions into college loans with low-to-no wage growth, this implies one of two things.
The effect of plowing is to break the ground into lumps, which lie upon each other, giving free admission to the air between them.
If domestic manures are applied, use about twelve cords to the acre, composting before plowing under.
Thus, plowing is usually farm labor, but if it is done to make land ready for building a house it is not.
Out on a green meadow a farmer drove a tractor, busily plowing deep furrows for a new crop.
After some days we were in the Indian Ocean, plowing lazily along and counting the hours until we reached Mombasa.