Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ploughed

/plˈaʊd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: ploughed
IPA: /plˈaʊd/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of plough

adj

Turned over with the blade of a plough to create furrows (usually for planting crops).

adj

Well-trodden or well-researched, previously explored.

adj

Slang

Example Sentences

"they stacked the glass up + right up to the level that you would normally have if you had ice in your drink anyway + and consequently I got ploughed"
""I said are you allowed to drink? You know, beer. Whatever. Isn't it against your religion?" […] There were a few kids at school who said they were Mormon, but that didn't stop 'em from getting ploughed, and other kids who went to church but smoke and drank and cussed and screwed."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

plowed (alternative) more ploughed (comparative) most ploughed (superlative)

Derived Forms

unploughed

Synonyms

plowed

Rhymes With

allowed proud crowd loud cloud aloud endowed how'd vowed bowed macleod shroud

Questions

How do you pronounce ploughed?: The recorded pronunciation is /plˈaʊd/.
What does ploughed mean?: simple past and past participle of plough

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