Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 80
Plod (v. i.) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. "Plodding schoolmen." --Drayton.
Plod (v. t.) To walk on slowly or heavily.
The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. -- Gray.
Plod (n.) The act of walking with a slow heavy gait; "I could recognize his plod anywhere" [syn: plodding, plod].
Plod (v.) Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp].
Plodder (n.) One who plods; a drudge.
Plodder (n.) Someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner [syn: trudger, plodder, slogger].
Plodder (n.) Someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours [syn: plodder, slogger].
Plodder (n.) Someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach" [syn: plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, slowcoach].
Plodding (a.) Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. -- {Plod"ding*ly, adv.
Plodding (a.) (Of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps" [syn: leaden, plodding].
Plodding (n.) Hard monotonous routine work [syn: drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork]
Plodding (n.) The act of walking with a slow heavy gait; "I could recognize his plod anywhere" [syn: plodding, plod].
Plonge (v. t.) To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.
Plongee (n.) (Mil.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course. [Sometimes written plonge.]
Plot (n.) [C] 陰謀；祕密計畫 [（+against）] [+to-v]；（小說，戲劇等的）情節；小塊土地；【主美】（建築物等的）平面圖；標繪圖 A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot. -- Shak.
Plot (n.) A plantation laid out. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Plot (n.) (Surv.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
Plotted (imp. & p. p.) of Plot.
Plotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plot.
Plot (v. t.) 密謀，策劃 [+to-v]；標繪，繪製……的圖；測定（點，線）的位置；為（文學作品）設計情節；把……劃成小塊地；劃分 [（+out）] To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth. -- Carew.
Plot (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
I have overheard a plot of death. -- Shak.
O, think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots and their last fatal periods! -- Addison.
Plot (n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy. [Obs.]
And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce. -- Milton.
Plot (n.) Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue. [Obs.] "A man of much plot." -- Denham.
Plot (n.) A plan; a purpose. "No other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls." -- Jer. Taylor.
Plot (n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before. -- Pope.
Syn: Intrigue; stratagem; conspiracy; cabal; combination; contrivance.
Plot (v. i.) 密謀，策劃 [（+for/ against）] To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. -- Shak.
The wicked plotteth against the just. -- Ps. xxxvii. 12.
Plot (v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme. The prince did plot to be secretly gone. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Plot (v. t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. "Plotting an unprofitable crime." -- Dryden. "Plotting now the fall of others." -- Milton
Plot (n.) A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start" [syn: plot, secret plan, game].
Plot (n.) A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" [syn: plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch].
Plot (n.) The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal".
Plot (n.) A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object.
Plot (v.) Plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government".
Plot (v.) Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed [syn: diagram, plot].
Plot (v.) Make a plat of; "Plat the town" [syn: plat, plot].
Plot (v.) Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); "the writer is plotting a new novel".
Plotful (a.) Abounding with plots.
Plotinian (a.) Of pertaining to the Plotinists or their doctrines.
Plotinist (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A disciple of Plotinus, a celebrated Platonic philosopher of the third century, who taught that the human soul emanates from the divine Being, to whom it reunited at death.
Plot-proof (a.) Secure against harm by plots. -- Shak.
Plotter (n.) One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer. -- Dryden.
Plouter (v. i.) [Also plowter, plotter.] [Perh. imitative.] To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]
I did not want to plowter about any more. -- Kipling.
Plough (n. & v.) See Plow.
Plow, Plough, (n.). A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. -- Dryden.
Plow, Plough, (n.) Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. -- Johnson.
Plow, Plough, (n.) A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. -- Tale of Gamelyn.
Plow, Plough, (n.) A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
Plow, Plough, (n.) (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
Plow, Plough, (n.) (Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain.
Ice plow, A plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.]
Mackerel plow. See under Mackerel.
Plow alms, A penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. -- Cowell.
Plow beam, That part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See Beam, n., 9.
Plow Monday, The Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays.
Plow staff. (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff.
Plow staff. (b) A plow handle.
Snow plow, A structure, usually [Lambda]-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive. Plow
Plow, Plough (v. i.) To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything. -- Shak.
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? -- Isa. xxviii. 24. Plowable
Plow, Plough (v. t) [imp. & p. p. Plowed (ploud) or Ploughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plowing or Ploughing.] To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.
Plow, Plough (v. t) To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. -- Shak.
With speed we plow the watery way. -- Pope.
Plow, Plough (v. t) (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.
Plow, Plough (v. t) (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
To plow in, To cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.
To plow up, To turn out of the ground by plowing. Plow
Plover (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds.
Plover (n.) (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover ({Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plover ({Bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers.
Note: Among the more important species are the blackbellied plover or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius squatarola) of America and Europe; -- called also gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, sea plover, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover ({Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The piping plover ({Aegialitis meloda}); Wilson's plover ({Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover ({Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover ({Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American species.
Bastard plover (Zool.), The lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See Tattler.
Plover's page, The dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, The black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover. (a) The golden plover.
Whistling plover. (b) The black-bellied plover. Plow
Plover (n.) Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers.
Plover, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 10520
Housing Units (2000): 4133
Land area (2000): 8.495966 sq. miles (22.004451 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.384034 sq. miles (0.994643 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.880000 sq. miles (22.999094 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63525
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 44.466183 N, 89.543707 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 54467
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Plover, WI
Plover
Plover, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 95
Housing Units (2000): 50
Land area (2000): 0.543496 sq. miles (1.407649 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.543496 sq. miles (1.407649 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63840
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.878058 N, 94.622648 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50573
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Plover, IA
Plover
Plover (n.) [C] 鴴（一種短尾長腿鳥，主要棲息於海邊或草地） A bird with short tail and long legs that is found mainly by the sea or in areas covered with grass.
Plow (n.) Alt. of Plough.
Plough (n.) A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. -- Dryden.
Plough (n.) Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. -- Johnson.
Plough (n.) A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. -- Tale of Gamelyn.
Plough (n.) A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
Plough (n.) (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
Plough (n.) (Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain.
Ice plow, A plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.]
Mackerel plow. See under Mackerel.
Plow alms, A penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. -- Cowell.
Plow
beam, That part
of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See Beam, n., 9.
Plow Monday, The Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas
holidays.
Plow staff. (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff.
Plow staff. (b) A plow handle.
Snow plow, A structure, usually [Lambda]-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive. Plow
Plowed (imp. & p. p.) of Plough.
Ploughed () of Plough.
Plowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plough.
Ploughing () of Plough.
Plow (v. t.) Alt. of Plough.
Plough (v. t.) To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.
Plough (v. t.) To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. -- Shak.
With speed we plow the watery way. -- Pope.
Plough (v. t.) (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.
Plough (v. t.) (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
To plow in, To cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.
To plow up, To turn out of the ground by plowing. Plow
Plow (v. i.) Alt. of Plough.
Plough (v. i.) To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything. -- Shak.
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? -- Isa. xxviii. 24. Plowable
Plough (n.) A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon].
Plough (n.) A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing [syn: plow, plough].
Plough (v.) Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water" [syn: plow, plough].
Plough (v.) To break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" [syn: plow, plough, turn].
Plough, () First referred to in Gen. 45:6, where the Authorized Version has "earing," but the Revised Version "ploughing;" next in Ex. 34:21 and Deut. 21:4. The plough was originally drawn by oxen, but sometimes also by asses and by men. (See AGRICULTURE.)
Plowable (a.) Alt. of Ploughable.
Ploughable (a.) Capable of being plowed; arable. Plowbote
Plowbote (n.) Alt. of Ploughbote.
Ploughbote (n.) (Eng. Law) Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.
Plowboy (n.) Alt. of Ploughboy.
Ploughboy (n.) A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young rustic. Plower
Plowboy (n.) A boy who leads the animals that draw a plow [syn: plowboy, ploughboy].
Plower (n.) Alt. of Plougher.
Plougher (n.) One who plows; a plowman; a cultivator. Plowfoot
Plower (n.) A man who plows [syn: plowman, ploughman, plower].
Plowfoot (n.) Alt. of Ploughfoot.
Ploughfoot (n.) An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow. -- Piers Plowman.
Plowgang (n.) Alt. of Ploughgang.
Ploughgang (n.) Same as Plowgate. Plowgate
Plowgate (n.) Alt. of Ploughgate.
Ploughgate (n.) The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland.
Not having one plowgate of land. -- Sir W. Scott. Plowhead
Plowhead (n.) Alt. of Ploughhead.
Ploughhead (n.) The clevis or draught iron of a plow.
Plowland (n.) Alt. of Plougland.
Plougland (n.) Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
Plougland (n.) (O. Eng. Law) The quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide. Plowman
Plowgate, Ploughgate (n.) The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland.
Not having one plowgate of land. -- Sir W. Scott. Plowhead
Plowland (n.) Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops [syn: cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth].
-men (n. pl. ) of Ploughman.
Plowman (n.) Alt. of Ploughman.
Ploughman (n.) One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. -- Chaucer. Macaulay.
Ploughman (n.) A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.
Plowman's spikenard (Bot.), A European composite weed ({Conyza squarrosa), having fragrant roots. -- Dr. Prior. Plowpoint
Ploughman (n.) A man who plows [syn: plowman, ploughman, plower].
Plowpoint (n.) Alt. of Ploughpoint.
Ploughpoint (n.) A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body. Plowshare
Plowshare (n.) Alt. of Ploughshare.
Ploughshare (n.) The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow.
Plowshare bone (Anat.), The pygostyle. Plowtail
Plowshare (n.) A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil [syn: plowshare, ploughshare, share]
Plowtail (n.) Alt. of Ploughtail.
Ploughtail (n.) The hind part or handle of a plow. Plowwright
Plowwright (n.) Alt. of Ploughwright.
Ploughwright (n.) One who makes or repairs plows.
Ploy (n.) 【口】工作；活動；【口】計謀；計畫；【英】【口】娛樂；消遣 Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Ploy (v. i.) (Mil.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. -- Wilhelm.
Ploy (n.) An opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker [syn: gambit, ploy].
Ploy (n.) A maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: ploy, gambit, stratagem].
Ployment (n.) (Mil.) The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deployment.
Plucked (imp. & p. p.) of Pluck.
Plucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pluck.
Pluck (v. t.) 採，摘，拔 [（+from/ out/ off）] [O1]；拔……的毛 To pull; to draw.
Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution. -- Je?. Taylor.
Pluck (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. -- Milton.
E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile. -- Goldsmith.
Pluck (v. t.) To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
They which pass by the way do pluck her. -- Ps. lxxx.?2.
Pluck (v. t.) (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for degrees. -- C. Bront['e].
To pluck away, To pull away, or to separate by pulling; to tear away.
To pluck down, To pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a lower state.
To pluck off, To pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the skin.
To pluck up. (a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up a plant; to pluck up a nation. -- Jer. xii. 17.
To pluck up. (b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
Pluck (v. i.) 拉，拽；拔，扯 [（+at）] To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
Pluck (n.) （一）拉；（一）撥；（一）扯 [C] [S1]；（動物的）內臟 [the S] The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
Pluck (n.) The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
Pluck (n.) Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck. -- Thackeray.
Pluck (n.) The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
Pluck (v. t.) (Zool.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.]
Compare: Lyrie
Lyrie (n.) (Zool.) A European fish ({Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.
Pluck (n.) The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury [syn: gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness] [ant: gutlessness].
Pluck (n.) The act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
Pluck (v.) Pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush" [syn: pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off].
Pluck (v.) Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck, roll].
Pluck (v.) Rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge].
Pluck (v.) Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" [syn: pluck, plunk, pick].
Pluck (v.) Strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn: pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume].
Pluck (v.) Look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn: pick, pluck, cull].
Plucked (a.) Having courage and spirit. [R.]
Plucked (a.) Of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum [ant: bowed].
Plucked (a.) Having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose".
Plucker (n.) One who, or that which, plucks.
Thou setter up and plucker down of kings. --Shak.
Plucker (n.) A machine for straightening and cleaning wool. Pluecker tube
Pluckily (adv.) In a plucky manner.
Pluckily (adv.) In a plucky manner; "he was Brentford's defensive star in pluckily holding out the determined Reading raids for long periods".
Pluckiness (n.) The quality or state of being plucky.
Pluckiness (n.) The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury [syn: gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness] [ant: gutlessness].
Pluckless (a.) Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
Plucky (a.) 勇敢的，大膽的 Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright. -- Barham.
Plucky (a.) Marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant: gutless].
Plucky (a.) Showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger" [syn: feisty, plucky, spunky].
Pluff (v. t.) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs. [Scot.]
Pluff (n.) A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder. [Scot.]
Pluff (n.) A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it. [Scot.]