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ploughs down

ploughs down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 ploughs down

What is ploughs down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ploughs down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of plough down.

Words near ploughs down in the dictionary

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

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