Entry Word: plow

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement <weʼll have to get out there and plow and plant both fields before it rains>

Synonyms break, furrow

Related Words cultivate, till; fallow; harrow, hoe, rake

2 to devote serious and sustained effort <plowed determinedly through the book> — see labor