Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb plough

2 senses of plough

Sense 1
plow, plough -- (move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 2
plow, plough, turn -- (to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring")
       => till -- (work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil")

Antonyms of adj ploughed

1 sense of ploughed

Sense 1
plowed (vs. unplowed), ploughed -- ((of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow; "plowed fields")


Similarity of adj ploughed

1 sense of ploughed

Sense 1
plowed (vs. unplowed), ploughed -- ((of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow; "plowed fields")
       => tilled -- (turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing; "tilled land ready for seed")

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