PLOWED Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

plowed

verb

past tense of plow

as in cultivated

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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to devote serious and sustained effort plowed determinedly through the weighty tome

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Recent Examples of plowed In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026 Tesla has plowed significant resources into developing its Optimus humanoid robot and robotaxi fleet, although none of those have served as major sources of revenue for the firm. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Witnesses recall the horrific scene as a truck plowed through a youth soccer game in Kansas. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026 The driver of a pickup truck that plowed onto a Kansas soccer field, killing a young boy and a man, has been released without charges as investigators work to determine what turned a Saturday afternoon of youth sports into tragedy. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Police said initial evidence suggested that a vehicle had plowed through the fence along a publicly accessible road. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 Three plays later, Andrew Miller plowed in for his third score of the night to put Harding up 28-21, but the Tigers didn't quit. — Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026 Not to be plowed, be left, fly through the sky, hit a car and die on the street like that. — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026 These farmers plowed over prairie dog habitat and viewed the rodents as competition with cattle for forage. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026

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Eisenkot has cultivated a reputation for integrity, competence, and personal rectitude, forging relationships across Israel’s fractured political spectrum.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
Smith, who previously worked at fashion house Loewe, sees an opportunity for technology to develop the same kind of recognizable identity that fashion brands have cultivated for decades.

— Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026

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The 3-3 Knights have struggled in the Big 12 since joining the conference, but tend to be better at home in the friendly confines of the Acrisure Bounce House.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The shift signals a turning point for the left, which has historically struggled to counter the far-right’s dominant online presence and savvy digital strategy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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My mom’s siblings usually arrived in a sour mood without greeting anyone at the table, my aunt’s brow furrowed and my uncle wearing a sneaky smirk.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
The stranger watched it with deathly seriousness, forehead furrowed as if thinking through some impossible problem.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of furrowed

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For decades, Buck and Aikman’s equally dry sense of humor worked, and there was never the slightest appearance of friction.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
Ichiyama has worked closely with Chinese-language auteurs including Hou Hsiao-hsien and Jia Zhangke, and says the mainland industry changed sharply in the mid-2000s.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of worked

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Though eventually abandoned due to cost, this system of surveillance endeavored to equate producers with virtue.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Whatever people think of the film, it was endeavored to be made with purely with the process at its heart.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026

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