ploughshare

Everyday

1. The sharp metal blade of a plough that cuts into the soil. tree →
2. (Bible) «They shall beat their swords into ploughshares» (Isaiah and Micah) is a picture of peace: weapons are made into farm tools. tree →

In the lessons

In religion lessons and peace talks, «swords into ploughshares» means stopping war and using things to help people grow food. In history and farming lessons a ploughshare is part of the plough pulled by oxen or horses. Phrases: «swords into ploughshares», «beat swords into ploughshares».

Examples

• «They shall beat their swords into ploughshares.» tree →
• The farmer sharpened the ploughshare before spring. tree →
• A statue outside the United Nations shows a man beating a sword into a ploughshare. tree →
• The ploughshare cut deep into the soil. tree →
• The prophets dreamed of a time when weapons become ploughshares. tree →
• Old ploughshares were made of iron. tree →
• They never knew when they were safe from him, as he could change himself into a man, woman or child, a stick, a goat, a ploughshare. tree →

Note

UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ spelling: plough (said «plow»); US: plow, plowshare. Countable. Mostly used today in the Bible phrase.