Synonyms for plow
plaʊplow

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1. plow, ploughverb

   a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

   Synonyms:
   plough

2. plow, plough, turnverb

   to break and turn over earth especially with a plow

   "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

   Synonyms:
   turn, move around, grow, call on, change by reversal, sprain, sour, turn over, twist, bend, wrick, deform, handle, release, reverse, wrench, rick, cover, treat, address, ferment, flex, work, plough, become, change state, deal

3. cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, addressverb

   act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

   "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"

   Synonyms:
   speak, overcompensate, extend, handle, cut through, deal, continue, comprehend, embrace, divvy up, spread over, grapple, cut across, apportion, encompass, consider, get over, process, lot, portion out, dole out, make do, shroud, accost, insure, brood, wield, make out, share, do by, plough, hide, take, administer, sell, parcel out, compensate, cross, come up to, turn, report, traverse, underwrite, breed, dispense, overlay, dish out, pass over, contend, enshroud, direct, allot, care for, track, get by, address, wrap up, distribute, cover up, carry on, cope, turn to, incubate, mete out, regale, get across, look at, treat, shell out, care, hatch, manage, deal out, palm, cover, conduct, call, trade

4. plow, ploughverb

   move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil

   "The ship plowed through the water"

   Synonyms:
   cover, deal, handle, treat, address, plough, turn

Matched Categories

1. • Broach
   • Move

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1. List of paraphrases for "plow":

   plough, cart, wedge

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1. Ferréol of Uzès:

   [the monk] who does not turn up the earth with the plow ought to write the parchment with his fingers

2. Liz Ann Sonders:

   There is this paradox of thrift — even with stimulus cash coming in, it looks like a good bet that consumers will want to keep more of a savings cushion and companies are unwilling to plow a lot of money into long-term capital investment.

3. Kelly Hannon:

   Crews continue to work intensely to tow vehicles that are stuck and blocking the interstate near mile markers 136 in Stafford County, and then plow and treat the interstate to prevent follow-on crashes, this is also occurring where traffic remains stopped on Interstate 95 northbound at mile marker 117 in Spotsylvania County.

4. Evan Davis:

   Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car.

5. President Donald Trump:

   They ought to look back at the last year to see how they hurt this country, fortunately, we have a President who was able to plow through all the stuff.