plow
noun (plow, plows); verb (plow, plows, plowed, plowing)
Everyday
- A plow is a farm tool pulled by animals to turn over the soil; it is the American spelling of «plough». tree →
- To plow is to turn over soil with a plow. tree →
In the lessons
in tales a farmer leaves his plow in the field and goes to the city; a plow buffalo pulls the plow; in dialect tales a plow-hand is a farm worker
Examples
- Cincinnatus left his plow standing where it was. tree →
- Keep the bulls and the plow buffaloes by themselves. tree →
- The farmer plows the field before the rain. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
In Jewish tradition
Plowing is also a picture in the Prophets and Writings. Those who "plow iniquity" reap trouble, and the psalmist's back is "plowed" by cruel enemies like a field.
Interpretation. Tradition reads the ban on plowing with an ox and an ass together as a law of kindness to animals, since they are unequal in strength. The sayings about plowing evil are read as teaching that deeds bring their results.
Examples
- Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. (Torah DEU.22.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. (Writings PSA.129.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same. (Writings JOB.4.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Is the plowman never done with plowing to sow, with the opening and harrowing of his ground? (Prophets ISA.28.24, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «plow» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «plow» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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