[американский вариант английского языка]; смотри значение plough
американский вариант английского языка; употребляется в США, = plough
1) струг 2) [горнодобывающая промышленность] плужок (в классификаторе) 3) разделительное устройство (дефибрёра) 4) пазник; шпунтубель 5) снегоочиститель 6) токосниматель, токосъёмник 7) плуг 8) сошник
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plōh hide of land; akin to Old High German pfluog plow 1. an implement used to cut, lift, and turn over soil especially in preparing a seedbed 2. any of various devices (as a snowplow) operating like a plow II. verb transitive verb 1. a. to turn, break up, or work with a plow b. to make (as a furrow) with a plow 2. to cut into, open, or make furrows or ridges in with or as if with a plow 3. to cleave the surface of or move through (water) Example: whales plowing the ocean 4. to clear away snow from with a snowplow Example: plow the street 5. to spend or invest (money) in substantial amounts — used with into Example: plows most of her income into mutual funds intransitive verb 1. a. to use a plow b. to bear or admit of plowing 2. a. to move in a way resembling that of a plow Example: the car plowed into a fence b. to proceed steadily and laboriously Example: had to plow through a stack of letters • plowable adjective • plower noun