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ploughing down

ploughing down is the present participle and gerund 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 ploughing down

What is ploughing down the present participle and gerund of?
Ploughing down is the present participle and gerund of plough down.

Words near ploughing down in the dictionary

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

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