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plow under

plow under verb: to destory (crops) by turning them into the ground with a plow.

Verb

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

  1. To destory (crops) by turning them into the ground with a plow
    • A sharp drop in demand forced the farmer to plow under half his turnips.

Forms of plow under

third-person singular presentplows under
present participleplowing under
past participleplowed under
pastplowed under
alternative formplough under

Questions about plow under

What does plow under mean?
Plow under means to destory (crops) by turning them into the ground with a plow.
What part of speech is plow under?
Plow under is a verb.
What is the past tense of plow under?
The past tense of plow under is plowed under.

Words near plow under in the dictionary

  1. plow stopped
  2. plow stopping
  3. plow stops
  4. plow the sands
  5. plow through
  6. plow under
  7. plow up
  8. plow with one's heifer
  9. plowable
  10. ploward
  11. plowback

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