PLOUGHING Synonyms

• the act of digging

• extremely painful

• cultivation of the land in order to raise crops

• the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

• act of changing in practice or custom

• a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe

• a movement in a new direction

• the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe

• the activity of shaping something on a lathe

• a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked

• actively engaged in paid work

• adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something

• adopted as a temporary basis for further work

• (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

• serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity

• foster the growth of

• prepare for crops

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

• a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

• make wrinkled or creased

• cut a furrow into a columns

• a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it

• a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot

• dig (up) with a spade

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

• to break and turn over earth especially with a plow

• act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

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

• two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

• cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel

• cut a furrow into a columns

• a ladle that has a cup with a long handle

• a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris

• small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

• a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

• small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom

• failure to reach a minimum required performance

• fail to get a passing grade

• a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

• a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape

• (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

• make a groove in, or provide with a groove

• hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

• United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

• 16 ounces avoirdupois

• the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

• a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

• the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

• formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

• the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

• a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

• a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

• a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

• strike or drive against with a heavy impact

• move heavily or clumsily

• move rhythmically

• partition off into compartments

• shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits

• place or shut up in a pound

• break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

• a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)

• a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape

• applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

• be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

• hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

• a circular segment of a curve

• the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

• (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession

• an unforeseen development

• a movement in a new direction

• the act of turning away or in the opposite direction

• turning or twisting around (in place)

• a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

• (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive

• a short performance that is part of a longer program

• a favor for someone

• taking a short walk out and back

• to change orientation or direction

• undergo a transformation or a change of position or action

• undergo a change or development

• cause to move around or rotate

• change to the contrary

• pass to the other side of

• pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

• let (something) fall or spill from a container

• move around an axis or a center

• cause to move around a center so as to show another side of

• to send or let go

• to break and turn over earth especially with a plow

• shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel

• change color

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

• cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics

• accomplish by rotating

• get by buying and selling

• cause to move along an axis or into a new direction

• channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something

• cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form

• alter the functioning or setting of

• direct at someone

• have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to

• go sour or spoil

• become officially one year older

• any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor

• a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

• van used by police to transport prisoners

• a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting

• a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat

• large open farm wagon

• English writer (1925-1994)

• a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

• elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)

• a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major