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ploughing through

ploughing through is the present participle and gerund of plough through.

Meaning of plough through

Verb

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

  1. To persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.
    • I ploughed through two helpings, but then I didn't have room for any more.
  2. To forcefully make a passage to move through.
    • I managed to plough through the crowds and get to the information desk.

Questions about ploughing through

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

Words near ploughing through in the dictionary

  1. ploughing one's own furrow
  2. ploughing one's way
  3. ploughing over
  4. ploughing the back forty
  5. ploughing the sands
  6. ploughing through
  7. ploughing under
  8. ploughing up
  9. ploughing with one's heifer
  10. ploughings
  11. ploughland

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