labour — meaning in English

English meaning

• ploughing noun The work of breaking up soil into furrows using a plough, to get it ready for planting.
• tillage noun The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.

Senses

labour is used for these senses in English:

• tillage The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.

tillage — full definition

1. noun The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
2. noun Land cultivated in this way.
3. noun The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.

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