American English pronunciation
How to pronounce ploughed
IPA transcription: [p'laʊd]
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Verb
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to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
“Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week”
“turn the earth in the Spring”
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move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
“The ship plowed through the water”
Adjective
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(of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow
“plowed fields”
Usage examples
- Fieldwalking involves picking up scattered artefacts in ploughed fields.
- You see, I'm in for math again, and certain to be ploughed.