Ploughshare

  • 1Ploughshare — may refer to the following:* Ploughshare an alternative spelling of Plowshare * Ploughshares , an American literary journal *Operation Plowshare *Plowshares Movement *Plowshare bone, in the anatomy of birds it is the pygostyle or vomer… …

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  • 2ploughshare — ► NOUN ▪ the main cutting blade of a plough …

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  • 3ploughshare — UK [ˈplaʊˌʃeə(r)] / US [ˈplaʊˌʃer] noun [countable] Word forms ploughshare : singular ploughshare plural ploughshares the curved blade of a plough …

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  • 4Ploughshare — Plowshare Plow share , Ploughshare Plough share , n. The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow. [1913 Webster] {Plowshare bone} (Anat.), the pygostyle. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5ploughshare — noun the main cutting blade of a plough, behind the coulter. Origin ME: from plough + OE scær, scear ploughshare (rel. to shear) …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 6ploughshare-headed dolphins — trumpagalviai delfinai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas gentis apibrėžtis Gentyje 6 rūšys. Paplitimo arealas – visi vandenynai, išskyrus arktines ir antarktines jūras. atitikmenys: lot. Lagenorhynchus angl. ploughshare headed …

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  • 7ploughshare — plough|share BrE plowshare AmE [ˈplauʃeə US ʃer] n 1.) the broad curved metal blade of a ↑plough, which turns over the soil 2.) turn/beat swords into ploughshares to stop fighting and start living in peace …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8ploughshare — [[t]pla͟ʊʃeə(r)[/t]] ploughshares PHRASE: V inflects If you say that swords have been turned into ploughshares or beaten into ploughshares, you mean that a state of conflict between two or more groups of people has ended and a period of peace has …

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  • 9ploughshare — scear …

    English to the Old English

  • 10ploughshare — BrE usually plowshare AmE noun (C) the broad curved metal blade of a plough, which turns over the soil …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English