plough

plough
1. noun
(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) arado

2. verb
1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) arar
2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) abrir(se) camino
3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) chocar
plough1 n arado
in the past, ploughs were pulled by horses en el pasado, los arados eran tirados por caballos
plough2 vb arar
to plough the fields arar los campos
plough
tr[plaʊ]
noun
1 SMALLAGRICULTURE/SMALL arado
transitive verb
1 (land etc) arar
intransitive verb
1 arar la tierra
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
the Plough el Carro, la Osa Mayor
plough
n.
• arado s.m.
v.
• arar v.
• cachar v.
• surcar v.
plaʊ
nounansitive & intransitive verb (BrE) plow I,II
(US) [plaʊ]
1.
N (Agr) arado m

the Plough — (Astron) el Carro, la Osa Mayor

2. VT
1) (Agr) arar
2) (fig)

to plough money into a project — invertir (grandes cantidades de) dinero en un proyecto

to plough one's way through the snow — abrirse paso con dificultad por la nieve

to plough one's way through a book — leer un libro con dificultad

I ploughed my way through it eventually — por fin acabé de leerlo pero resultó pesadísimo

3) (Brit) (Univ) † * dar calabazas a *, cargar (Sp) *

I was ploughed in German, they ploughed me in German — me dieron calabazas en alemán *

3. VI
1) (Agr) arar
2) (fig)

the car ploughed into the wall — el coche dio fuerte(mente) contra la pared

the lorry ploughed into the crowd — el camión se metió en la multitud

to plough through the mud — abrirse camino con dificultad a través del lodo

3) (Brit)
(Univ) † *

I ploughed again — volvieron a suspenderme or (LAm) reprobarme, volvieron a cargarme (Sp) *

4.
CPD

plough horse N — caballo m de labranza

* * *
[plaʊ]
noun/transitive & intransitive verb (BrE) plow I,II

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