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How to pronounce “plough”

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Pronunciation guide for plough

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of plough with real speech in context.
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Real speech example: The Perennialaround the invention of the plough
Definition summary: (agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.

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The Perennial

around the invention of the plough

[Noun]
(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
Any of several other tools or implements that cut and push material.
The use of a plough; tillage.
Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)
Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
(yoga) A yoga pose resembling a traditional plough, halāsana.
[Verb]
(transitive) To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
(intransitive) To use a plough.
To move with force.
(transitive, colloquial) To knock over or run over (someone) without stopping.
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
(nautical) To run through, as in sailing.
(bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
(joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
(UK, university slang, obsolete, transitive) To fail (a student).
(transitive, vulgar) To sexually penetrate, typically in a vigorous manner.