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plow under
verb as in defeat
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Green crops, to plow under, are in many places largely raised, and are always beneficial.
It makes a good growth during the fall and early winter and is in blossom and ready to cut or plow under in April or May.
The cotton is grown for market, the corn partly to sell, partly to feed, the oats to feed and the cowpeas to plow under.
In the spring plow it under, and you plow under all the nitrogen that the plants had collected the previous year.
You don't get quite the same benefit from the green manure when you pasture as when you plow under.
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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to plow under, such as: beat, clobber, drub, edge, knock out, and outplay.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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