plow under
Example Sentences
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With the onset of the coronavirus, many farmers were forced to plow under crops or dump their milk, even as grocery store shelves emptied out and many American families went hungry.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2021
Large scale corporate operations will deny access to hunters and for certain plow under the grassed waterways and seasonally inundated wetland in favor of maximizing production.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2016
It is cooking with imperfect vegetables that farmers might otherwise plow under.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2015
The traditional way to improve such soil is to add large amounts of manure or to plow under many crops of green stuff.
From Time Magazine Archive
Also give the land a good coat of stable manure and plow under when the land is right for the plow.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
