Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to plough
Participle: ploughed
Gerund: ploughing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | plough |
| you | plough |
| he;she;it | ploughs |
| we | plough |
| you | plough |
| they | plough |
Perfect
| I | have ploughed |
| you | have ploughed |
| he;she;it | has ploughed |
| we | have ploughed |
| you | have ploughed |
| they | have ploughed |
Past
| I | ploughed |
| you | ploughed |
| he;she;it | ploughed |
| we | ploughed |
| you | ploughed |
| they | ploughed |
Pluperfect
| I | had ploughed |
| you | had ploughed |
| he;she;it | had ploughed |
| we | had ploughed |
| you | had ploughed |
| they | had ploughed |
Future
| I | will plough |
| you | will plough |
| he;she;it | will plough |
| we | will plough |
| you | will plough |
| they | will plough |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ploughed |
| you | will have ploughed |
| he;she;it | will have ploughed |
| we | will have ploughed |
| you | will have ploughed |
| they | will have ploughed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | plough |
| you | plough |
| he;she;it | plough |
| we | plough |
| you | plough |
| they | plough |
Perfect
| I | have ploughed |
| you | have ploughed |
| he;she;it | have ploughed |
| we | have ploughed |
| you | have ploughed |
| they | have ploughed |
Imperfect
| I | ploughed |
| you | ploughed |
| he;she;it | ploughed |
| we | ploughed |
| you | ploughed |
| they | ploughed |
Pluperfect
| I | had ploughed |
| you | had ploughed |
| he;she;it | had ploughed |
| we | had ploughed |
| you | had ploughed |
| they | had ploughed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would plough |
| you | would plough |
| he;she;it | would plough |
| we | would plough |
| you | would plough |
| they | would plough |
Perfect
| I | would have ploughed |
| you | would have ploughed |
| he;she;it | would have ploughed |
| we | would have ploughed |
| you | would have ploughed |
| they | would have ploughed |
Imperative
| you | plough |
| we | Let's plough |
| you | plough |
Verbs conjugated like 'plough'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'plough'
slough,
cough,
dough,
floush,
hough,
laugh,
plonge,
plug,
pouch,
replough,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English plouh, plow, plugh(e), plough(e), plouw, from Old English plōh (“hide of land, ploughland”) and Old Norse plógr (“plough (the implement)”), both from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Cognate with Scots pleuch, plou, North Frisian plog, West Frisian ploech, Low German Ploog, Dutch ploeg, Russian плуг (plug), German Pflug, Danish plov, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish plog, Icelandic plógur. Replaced Old English sulh (“plough, furrow”); see sullow.
Sample Sentences
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[...] Looking down upon the filthy river after dark, it seemed to be alive with monsters, as these black masses rolled upon the surface, or came starting up again, head first, when the boat, in ploughing her way among a shoal of such obstructions, drove a few among them for the moment under water. Sometimes the engine stopped during a long interval, and then before her and behind, and gathering [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It was a superb day. The blue waves of Lake Erie danced, rippling and sparkling, in the sun-light. A fresh breeze blew from the shore, and the lordly boat ploughed her way right gallantly onward.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)