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| Main Entry: | plow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up ground for cultivation |
| Synonyms: | break, bulldoze, cultivate, farm, furrow, harvest, list, push, rake, reap, ridge, rush, shove, smash, till, trench, turn, turn over, break ground, harrow |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | drudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
| Synonyms: | dig, grind*, hammer*, labor, muck*, perform, plod, plow, pound*, schlepp*, slave, slog, sweat, toil, travail, back to the salt mines, keep nose to grindstone, plug away |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, hesitate, idle, be lazy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | farm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce crops, raise animals |
| Synonyms: | crop, cultivate, direct, dress, garden, graze, grow, harvest, husband, landscape, operate, pasture, plant, plow, ranch, reap, run, seed, sow, subdue, superintend, tend, till, work, bring under cultivation, harrow, homestead, look after, till the soil |
| Main Entry: | harvest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gathering of produce |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, acquire, amass, bin, cache, collect, crop, cull, cut, garner, gather, get, glean, hoard, mow, pick, plow, pluck, reap, store, stow, strip, take in, harrow, pile up, squirrel, stash |
| Antonyms: | plant, seed |
| Main Entry: | pierce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, penetrate |
| Synonyms: | bore, break, break in, cleave, crack, drill, enter, gash, incise, intrude, perforate, plow, prick, probe, puncture, run through, slash, slice, slit, spike, stab, transfix, break through, crack open, pass through, stick into |
| Antonyms: | sew up |
| Main Entry: | stab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object |
| Synonyms: | bayonet, brand, carve, chop, cleave, clip, cut, drive, gore, hit, hurt, injure, jab, jag, knife, penetrate, pierce, plow, plunge, prick, prong, punch, ram, run through, saber, shank, sink, slice, spear, stick, thrust, transfix, wound, open up |
| Main Entry: | till |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cultivate land |
| Synonyms: | dig, dress, farm, grow, labor, mulch, plant, plow, prepare, sow, tend, turn, turn over, work, harrow, hoe, plough, raise crops |
| Antonyms: | plant, sow |
| Main Entry: | cultivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop land for growing |
| Synonyms: | breed, crop, dress, farm, fertilize, garden, harvest, labor, manage, mature, plant, plow, prepare, propagate, raise, ripen, seed, tend, till, work |
| Antonyms: | destroy, ignore, neglect |
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