Also
especially British,
plough.
Origin of plow
before 1100; Middle English
plouh, plugh(e),
plough(e), Old English
plōh; cognate with German
Pflug plow
OTHER WORDS FROM plow
Words nearby plow
ploughshare,
ploughstaff,
plouk,
plovdiv,
plover,
plow,
plow back,
plow into,
plow steel,
plow under,
plow wind
British Dictionary definitions for plow under
Derived forms of plow
plower, nounIdioms and Phrases with plow under
plow under
Cause to vanish, overwhelm, as in The independent bookstores are being plowed under by the large chains. This term alludes to the farmer's burying vegetation by turning it into the soil with a plow. [Second half of 1900s]