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plough under

plough under is the alternative spelling of plow under.

Meaning of plow under

Verb

plow under (third-person singular simple present plows under, present participle plowing under, simple past and past participle plowed under)

  1. To destory (crops) by turning them into the ground with a plow
    • A sharp drop in demand forced the farmer to plow under half his turnips.

Forms of plough under

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

Questions about plough under

What is plough under the alternative spelling of?
Plough under is the alternative spelling of plow under.

Words near plough under in the dictionary

  1. plough stops
  2. Plough Sunday
  3. plough the back forty
  4. plough the sands
  5. plough through
  6. plough under
  7. plough up
  8. plough with one's heifer
  9. plough-alms
  10. plough-bote
  11. plough-botes

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