see plow.-a well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.-fig.: agriculture; husbandry.-a carucate of land; a plowland.-a joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.-an implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.-same as charles's wain.-to turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.-to furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.-to trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. see plow, n., 5.-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.-to labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.