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ploughed down

ploughed down is the simple past and past participle of plough down.

Meaning of plough down

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.

Questions about ploughed down

What is ploughed down the simple past and past participle of?
Ploughed down is the simple past and past participle of plough down.

Words near ploughed down in the dictionary

  1. ploughboys
  2. ploughed
  3. ploughed a lonely furrow
  4. ploughed ahead
  5. ploughed back
  6. ploughed down
  7. ploughed in
  8. ploughed into
  9. ploughed money
  10. ploughed on
  11. ploughed one's own furrow

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