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What does plough mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word plough? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
  2. Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)
  3. Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
  4. A joiner's plane for making grooves.
  5. A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To use a plough on to prepare for planting.
  2. (intransitive) To use a plough.
  3. To move with force.
  4. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
  5. (nautical) To run through, as in sailing.
  6. (bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
  7. (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.
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