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trench-plough

trench-plough verb: to plough with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To plough with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.

Noun

trench-plough (plural trench-ploughs)

  1. A plough for turning up the land more deeply than usual.

Forms of trench-plough

Verb
third-person singular presenttrench-ploughs
present participletrench-ploughing
past participletrench-ploughed
pasttrench-ploughed
alternative formtrench-plow
Noun
pluraltrench-ploughs

Questions about trench-plough

What does trench-plough mean?
Trench-plough means to plough with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.
What part of speech is trench-plough?
Trench-plough can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of trench-plough?
The past tense of trench-plough is trench-ploughed.

Words near trench-plough in the dictionary

  1. trench sweeper
  2. trench sweepers
  3. Trench Town
  4. trench warfare
  5. trench-coated
  6. trench-plough
  7. trench-ploughed
  8. trench-ploughing
  9. trench-ploughs
  10. trench-plow
  11. trench-plowed

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