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plough up

plough up is the alternative spelling of plow up.

Meaning of plow up

Verb

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

  1. (US) To uncover or unearth (something) through plowing.

Forms of plough up

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

Questions about plough up

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

Words near plough up in the dictionary

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

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