The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting.(noun)
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Use "ploughing" in a sentence
"Rice planting had failed owing to the mortality and sickness among the buffaloes used in ploughing, the scanty crop was nearly destroyed by rats, and the Malays had shown a "determined opposition" to taking out titles to their lands."
"Sometimes "unicorn" or reem is a mere poetical symbol or abstraction; but the buffalo is the animal referred to here, from the contrast to the tame ox, used in ploughing (Job 39: 10, 12). abide -- literally, "pass the night." crib -- (Isa 1: 3)."
"The ploughing is a figure of scourging, which most severe physical infliction aptly represents all kinds."