n. the breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting.
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n. tilling the land with a plow
Word Usage
"Rice planting had failed owing to the mortality and sickness among the buffaloes used in ploughing, the scanty crop was nearly destroyed by rats, and the Malays had shown a "determined opposition" to taking out titles to their lands."