<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil</li><li>any of various implements resembling or suggesting this, as a kind of plane for cutting grooves or a contrivance for clearing away snow from a road or track</li><li>Type Founding: (formerly) an instrument for cutting the groove in the foot of type</li><li>Bookbinding: a device for trimming the edges of the leaves by hand</li><li>(initial capital letter) Astronomy: the constellation Ursa Major, the Big Dipper</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong> (used with object)</p><ul><li>to turn up (soil) with a plow</li><li>to make (a furrow) with a plow</li><li>to tear up, cut into, or make a furrow, groove, etc. in (a surface) with or as if with a plow (often followed by up): The tractor plowed up an acre of trees</li><li>to clear by the use of a plow, especially a snowplow (sometimes followed by out): The city's work crews were busily plowing the streets after the blizzard</li><li>to invest, as capital (often followed by into): to plow several hundred million into developing new oil fields</li><li>to reinvest or reutilize (usually followed by back): to plow profits back into new plants and equipment</li><li>(of a ship, boat, animal, etc.) to cleave the surface of (the water): beavers plowing the pond</li><li>to make (a way) or follow (a course) in this manner: The yacht plowed an easterly course through the choppy Atlantic</li><li>Slang: Vulgar: to have sexual intercourse with</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong> (used without object)</p><ul><li>to till the soil or work with a plow</li><li>to take plowing in a specified way: land that plows easily</li><li>to move forcefully through something in the manner of a plow (often followed by through, into, along, etc.): The cop plowed through the crowd, chasing after the thief</li><li>to proceed in a slow, laborious, and steady manner (often followed by through): The researcher plowed through a pile of reports</li><li>to move through water by cleaving the surface: a ship plowing through a turbulent sea</li></ul><p><strong>Verb phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to bury under soil by plowing</li><li>to cause to disappear; force out of existence; overwhelm: Many mom-and-pop groceries have been plowed under by the big chain stores</li></ul>