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plough down

plough down verb: to dig up and incorporate a legume crop into the soil by ploughing it over when it is fully grown.

Verb

plough down (third-person singular simple present ploughs down, present participle ploughing down, simple past and past participle ploughed down)

  1. (transitive) To dig up and incorporate a legume crop into the soil by ploughing it over when it is fully grown.

Forms of plough down

third-person singular presentploughs down
present participleploughing down
past participleploughed down
pastploughed down

Questions about plough down

What does plough down mean?
Plough down means to dig up and incorporate a legume crop into the soil by ploughing it over when it is fully grown.
What part of speech is plough down?
Plough down is a verb.
What is the past tense of plough down?
The past tense of plough down is ploughed down.

Words near plough down in the dictionary

  1. Plouffes
  2. plough
  3. plough a lonely furrow
  4. plough ahead
  5. plough back
  6. plough down
  7. plough in
  8. plough into
  9. plough iron
  10. plough irons
  11. plough jockey

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