Definition of Plough on

1. Verb. Continue moving forward.

Exact synonyms: Press On, Push On
Generic synonyms: Advance, Go On, March On, Move On, Pass On, Progress

Definition of Plough on

1. Verb. To continue with a task despite it being menial, difficult, or boring ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plough On

plotties
plottiest
plotting
plottingly
plottings
plotty
plotwise
plotz
plotzed
plotzes
plotzing
plough back
plough horse
plough into
plough on
plough stop
plough through
ploughability
ploughable
ploughboy
ploughboys
ploughed
ploughed back
ploughed into
ploughed on
ploughed through
plougher
ploughers
ploughest

Literary usage of Plough on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"By carrying the plough on three wheels, one on the land and two bevelled ones in the angle of the furrow, Mr Pirie dispenses with both soles and side plates ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Dy carrying the plough on three wheels, one on the land and two bevelled ones in the angle of the furrow, Mr Pirie dispenses with both soles and side plates ..."

3. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"SJ.fer twenty rods, the digger returning the furrow to its place. He alfo ufes this plough on fallow ; but it does not ..."

4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"That a plough on wheels can be made to do better work we have no doubt. Several patents have been ... A plough on -wheels that can be drawn by two or three ..."

5. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent: With Observations on by John Boys (1805)
"... thus : " For plough- " ing steep surfaces whose subsoils are absorbent, a plough " on this principle is obviously and admirably adapted ; " and on lands ..."

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