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  • noun Plural form of plow.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plow.

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Examples

  • At that time, it occurred to me that one way Rahm could rig a Coakley victory would be to have the Democratic state government of Massachusetts simply pull the snow plows from the precincts supporting Brown – while ensuring that the precincts supporting Coakley were well plowed.

    Matthew Yglesias » Conservatives Love Universal Health Care Once It Happens, and Scott Brown is No Exception 2010

  • I like that they've made plans for utility attachments such as plows and graders.

    Inside NASA's New Moon Rover - NASA Watch 2009

  • The Mercer Museum, a castle-like building nearby, houses preindustrial tools and artifacts, such as plows and metalworking implements, collected by its late founder Henry Chapman Mercer, an architect and archaeologist.

    A Slice of History 2008

  • Divested of their humanity, these nameless men, women and children were recorded in their master's ledgers as mere property, and accorded a dollar value on a par with inanimate objects such as plows and hammers.

    Corpses in the Garden 2006

  • Others, especially artisans, also frequently have implements such as plows and cultivators on offer.

    1. Overview 1991

  • It guarantees a broad diversity of agricultural equipment and implements, substituting its production for some imports, such as plows with four or six discs, hay balers and so forth.

    INAUGURATES HOLGUIN FACTORY 1981

  • If the main unit is three horses, then, as far as possible, all machines should require three horses, such as plows, harrows, manure spreaders, harvesters, etc.

    The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know Thomas Forsyth Hunt 1894

  • - Equipment such as plows and front-end loaders are sometimes moved from one ward to another if crews encounter a particularly snowbound area.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • - Equipment such as plows and front-end loaders are sometimes moved from one ward to another if crews encounter a particularly snowbound area.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • - Equipment such as plows and front-end loaders are sometimes moved from one ward to another if crews encounter a particularly snowbound area.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

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