Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The cutting blade of a plow; a share.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the ground at the bottom of the furrow, and raises the slice to the mold-board, which turns it over; the sock of a plow. See first cut under
plow . - noun In anatomy, the vomer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow.
- noun (Anat.) the pygostyle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The cutting
edge of aplow , typically a metalblade .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Volna, that formidable Cold War sword, had proved a less than reliable plowshare, making for a failure that was bitterly beside the point: the chemically propelled brute-force rocket was the trouble, not the beautiful Icarian blades that never got a chance to be tested.
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Atatürk achieved the ideal of turning his sword into a plowshare and said as much in a political speech in 1923: No matter how brilliant military victories or diplomatic achievements may have been, if they are not reinforced by economic achievements they cannot be expected to last long.
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I regret the transformation of civil religion into a divider, the plowshare melted back down into swords in the furnace of the culture wars.
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The Volna, that formidable Cold War sword, had proved a less than reliable plowshare, making for a failure that was bitterly beside the point: the chemically propelled brute-force rocket was the trouble, not the beautiful Icarian blades that never got a chance to be tested.
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They will beat their swords into plowshare s and their spears into pruning hooks.
Jim Wallis: Praying for Peace and Looking for Jesus at #OccupyWallStreet
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I regret the transformation of civil religion into a divider, the plowshare melted back down into swords in the furnace of the culture wars.
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They will beat their swords into plowshare s and their spears into pruning hooks.
Jim Wallis: Praying for Peace and Looking for Jesus at #OccupyWallStreet
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The Volna, that formidable Cold War sword, had proved a less than reliable plowshare, making for a failure that was bitterly beside the point: the chemically propelled brute-force rocket was the trouble, not the beautiful Icarian blades that never got a chance to be tested.
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I regret the transformation of civil religion into a divider, the plowshare melted back down into swords in the furnace of the culture wars.
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I regret the transformation of civil religion into a divider, the plowshare melted back down into swords in the furnace of the culture wars.
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