Clues for the word "PLOUGH"
We've had 16 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 14 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on July 04, 2023.
Definition of plough
- n. & v. - See Plow.
- n. - A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
- n. - Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
- n. - A carucate of land; a plowland.
- n. - A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
- n. - An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
- n. - Same as Charles's Wain.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
- v. t. - To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.
- n. - 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.
- v. i. - To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.
Referring Clues
- Accompanier of a harrow, in Harrow
- Fail to prepare the ground
- Stars in the field of agriculture?
- Agricultural implement
- Turn over page on lake
- Fail exam in Agriculture?
- It enables farmers to make a good turnover
- Work on farm with seven stars
- Groovy instrument will fail test
- Farming implement found in park lake
- Parking by lake in Harrow?
- What oxen pull, in England
- Sight on an English farm
- Till
- Stars in the field of agriculture?
- Group of stars possibly taking a share
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 10, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 13, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - July 08, 2011
- Guardian Quick - September 16, 2010
- Guardian Quiptic - December 28, 2009
- Guardian Quick - December 20, 2009
- Guardian Everyman - July 12, 2009
- New York Times - May 03, 2009
- Guardian Cryptic - February 13, 2009
- Guardian Cryptic - August 24, 2005
- Guardian Everyman - March 06, 2005
- Guardian Cryptic - August 16, 2002
- Guardian Cryptic - November 20, 2001