Synonyms for plow
plaʊ

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1. plow, plough(verb)

   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, turn(verb)

   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, address(verb)

   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, plough(verb)

   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

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List of paraphrases:

plough, cart, wedge

How to use plow in a sentence?

1. Mitch McConnell:

   We're going to plow right through it.

2. Arabic Proverb:

   Make your bargain before beginning to plow.

3. Evan Davis:

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

4. Becky Nuckols:

   I thought it was a snow plow, that's what made me look out. All you heard was a big boom.

5. Ferréol of Uzès:

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

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