PLOW Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

plow

verb

as in to rake

to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement we'll have to get out there and plow and plant both fields before it rains

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as in to labor

to devote serious and sustained effort plowed determinedly through the weighty tome

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Recent Examples of plow The biggest spenders — Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta — are projected to plow $618 billion combined into capital expenditures in 2026, up from $376 billion in 2025. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026 Blackstone did so in part by allowing the firm's own investors to plow $150 million into the fund. —

Hugh Son, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026 Police and fire may respond to calls even before snow plows clear city and town streets. —

Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026 Property owners move the snow from the sidewalk to the curb, snow plows move the snow from the street to the curb, and the result is a wall of snow and ice. —

Michael Pollack, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plow

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Police say Ortiz raked Rihanna’s Beverly Crest property with an assault rifle, striking an Airstream trailer on the property, the singer’s home and a neighbor’s home.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Don’t rake or drive a vehicle through the area as forest floors are typically where morels grow.

— Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Mar. 2026