plowing

verb

Definition of plowingnext
present participle of plow
1
as in raking
to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement we'll have to get out there and plow and plant both fields before it rains

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2
as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort plowed determinedly through the weighty tome

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plowing
  1. raking
  2. laboring
  3. cultivating
  4. struggling
  5. striving
  6. working
Verb
  • For larger areas, core aeration, power-raking, shallow tilling, or vertical mowing can be used to prepare the soil and remove thatch.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Penny became a right-wing cause célèbre, raking millions of dollars in donations toward his legal defense.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of raking
Verb
  • New York police on Monday were trying to determine why someone set a woman ablaze board a train in Brooklyn in a fatal attack drawing outrage from city and state leaders who have been laboring to make the trains safer.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Earlier this year the agency adopted new heat protections that apply to indoor workers, expanding safety measures for more than a million workers laboring in warehouses, kitchens, laundry rooms and other hot indoor settings.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of laboring
Verb
  • Sexual perfectionism thrives on cultivating shame and fear—fear of failure, rejection or inadequacy.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The inhabitants of modern-day Mexico began cultivating corn some 9,000 years ago and discovered nixtamalization a few thousand years later.
    Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of cultivating
Verb
  • Key young players struggling Tortorella isn’t wrong that Michkov has seemed to hit a wall of late.
    Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This surely is a positive development for Rumble, which has been struggling with user engagement issues on its platform.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of struggling
Verb
  • When students saw their peers striving to better themselves through education and making better choices, Saffold said the kids’ attitudes changed.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Serene Industries In turn, the Icebreaker’s profile view shows a sharp wedge shape that’s uncommon, but not unheard of, in keyboards striving for a striking appearance.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of striving
Verb
  • The program provides participants opportunities to express their emotions and fears, working with professional organizations to facilitate deep sessions that help members process these feelings.
    Hessie Jones, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The parents instead spend a night helping their kids to choose toys for other children and another night working with them on an arts and crafts project.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of working
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