Meaning & use
ploughing
Turning over soil with a plough to prepare land for planting, or cutting through something in a similar forceful way.
See it in a sentence
The farmer spent the whole morning ploughing the north field before the rain arrived.
The truck went off the road, ploughing through a wooden fence and several rows of hedges.
A note on using this word
This is the British spelling; American English usually writes 'plowing.' Both describe the same farming action.
Words with a similar meaning
tilling
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