plough

plough
1. noun
(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) plog
2. verb
1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) pløye
2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) pløye/slite seg gjennom
3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) brase inn i
pløye
I
subst. \/plaʊ\/ eller plow
1) plog
2) pløyd mark
3) (tømrerfag, også plough plane) nothøvel
4) (bokbinding) bokbinderhøvel
5) (slang, universitet) stryk
Plough Monday forklaring: mandagen etter trettendedag jul
put one's hand to the plough (overført, bibelsk, Luk 6,62) legge hånden på plogen, gå i gang med en oppgave
II
verb \/plaʊ\/ eller plow
1) pløye, note (tømrerfag), fure, lage furer
2) la seg pløye
• land that ploughs easily
jord som er lett å pløye
3) (slang) stryke (til eksamen)
• the examiners ploughed him
eksaminatorene strøk ham
be ploughed (slang) stryke
plough a lonely furrow (britisk, litterært) arbeide alene, gå sin egen vei
plough back (om gress e.l.) pløye ned i jorden for å gjøre den mer næringsrik (handel, om fortjeneste) føre tilbake til firmaet, reinvestere i firmaet
plough one's way bane seg vei, pløye seg frem, brøyte seg frem
plough the sand slite forgjeves
plough through (overført) pløye (seg) gjennom
• plough through a book
pløye (seg) gjennom en bok

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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