different between plaw vs plow

English

Alternative forms

• play

Etymology

From Middle English plawen, playen, pla?en, from Old English plagian, a dialectal (Anglian) variant of Old English plegian (“to move about quickly, play”). More at play.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Verb

plaw (third-person singular simple present plaws, present participle plawing, simple past and past participle plawed)

1. (intransitive) To boil; seethe.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To boil; boil slightly; parboil.

Noun

plaw (plural plaws)

1. A boiling.

   give meat a plaw

Anagrams

• Walp, pawl

Middle English

Noun

plaw

1. Alternative form of pleye

English

Noun

plow (plural plows)

1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of plough

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

plow (third-person singular simple present plows, present participle plowing, simple past and past participle plowed)

1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of plough
   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

     Government institutions seem prepared to continue plowing public funds into the projects. A Brazilian newspaper reported Tuesday that the national development bank had approved a new loan of about $200 million for Itaquerão, a new stadium in São Paulo that is expected to host the opening match of the World Cup.

Translations

Anagrams

• LWOP, lowp