Definition of plough up in English English dictionary
If someone ploughs up an area of land, they plough it, usually in order to turn it into land used for growing crops. It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat
plough up
Hyphenation
Plough up
Turkish pronunciation
plau ʌp
Pronunciation
/ˈplou ˈəp/ /ˈplaʊ ˈʌp/
Etymology
(noun.) 12th century. Middle English, from Old English plOh hide of land; akin to Old High German pfluog plow.