From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plowed}
(ploud) or {Ploughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plowing} or
{Ploughing}.]
1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till
with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow
a field.
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2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run
through, as in sailing.
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Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up
With her prepared nails. --Shak.
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With speed we plow the watery way. --Pope.
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3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a
book or paper, with a plow. See {Plow}, n., 5.
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4. (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge
of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive
the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a
tongue, etc.
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{To plow in}, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.
{To plow up}, to turn out of the ground by plowing.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plowing
n 1: tilling the land with a plow; "he hired someone to do the
plowing for him" [syn: {plowing}, {ploughing}]
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