Word Meanings - ROUNDRIDGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To form into round ridges by plowing. B. Edwards.

Related words: (words related to ROUNDRIDGE)

• ROUNDWORM
  A nematoid worm.
• ROUNDISH
  Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n.
• ROUNDABOUTNESS
  The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
• PLOWFOOT; PLOUGHFOOT
  An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow. Piers Plowman.
• ROUNDFISH
  Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
• ROUND-UP
  The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.
• PLOWGATE; PLOUGHGATE
  The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland. Not having one plowgate of land. Sir W. Scott.
• ROUNDSMAN
  A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.
• PLOWTAIL; PLOUGHTAIL
  The hind part or handle of a plow.
• ROUNDHEADED
  Having a round head or top.
• PLOWLAND; PLOUGLAND
  the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide. (more info) 1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
• ROUNDHEAD
  A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone.
• ROUND
  To whisper. Shak. Holland. The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, "Ye are not a wise man," . . . he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here" Calderwood.
• ROUNDURE
  Roundness; a round or circle. Shak.
• ROUNDEL
  A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." Chaucer. Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. Shak. 2. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels, . . . made a flying march to Calais. Bacon.
• PLOWWRIGHT; PLOUGHWRIGHT
  One who makes or repairs plows.
• PLOWGANG; PLOUGHGANG
  See PLOWGATE
• PLOWHEAD; PLOUGHHEAD
  The clevis or draught iron of a plow.
• ROUNDNESS
  1. The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc. 2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.
• PLOW; PLOUGH
  An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. (more info) ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. plogr, Sw. plog, Dan. 1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare
• MISGROUND
  To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
• SNOWPLOW; SNOWPLOUGH
  An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.
• TRENCH-PLOW; TRENCH-PLOUGH
  To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.
• GROUNDWORK
  That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
• UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
  Wildcat insurance.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• GROUNDEN
  p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
• QUARTER ROUND
  An ovolo.
• FOREGROUND
  On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.
• GROUNDNUT
  The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
• ENROUND
  To surround. Shak.
• GROUNDLESS
  Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion. -- Ground"less*ly, adv. -- Ground"less*ness, n.