Associations to the word «Ploughing»

Wiktionary

PLOUGHING, verb. Present participle of plough
PLOUGHING, noun. (agriculture) The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting.
PLOUGHING BACK, verb. Present participle of plough back
PLOUGHING INTO, verb. Present participle of plough into
PLOUGHING ON, verb. Present participle of plough on
PLOUGHING THROUGH, verb. Present participle of plough through

Dictionary definition

PLOUGHING, noun. Tilling the land with a plow; "he hired someone to do the plowing for him".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats