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Ploughed vs Unploughed - What's the difference?

ploughed | unploughed |

As adjectives the difference between ploughed and unploughed

is that ploughed is turned over with the blade of a plough to create furrows (usually for planting crops) while unploughed is unturned with a plough, and thus retaining its original vegetation (usually grass).

As a verb ploughed

is past tense of plough.

ploughed

English

Alternative forms

* plowed

Verb

(head)
  • (plough)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Turned over with the blade of a plough to create furrows (usually for planting crops).
  • (figuratively, rare) Well-trodden or well-researched, previously explored.
    • British English forms

    unploughed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a field or land) Unturned with a plough, and thus retaining its original vegetation (usually grass).
  • (figuratively) Unexplored or unknown.