Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PLOUGHED

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What does PLOUGHED mean?

PLOUGHED verb
  1. To use a plough on to prepare for planting.
  2. To use a plough.
  3. To have sex with, penetrate.
  4. To move with force.
  5. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
  6. To run through, as in sailing.
  7. To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
  8. (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.
  9. (university slang) To fail (a student).
PLOUGHED adjective
  1. Turned over with the blade of a plough to create furrows (usually for planting crops).
  2. Well-trodden or well-researched, previously explored.

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