furrow

Related to furrow: furrow irrigation

plough (one's) own furrow

To do something in isolation; to act without the help or influence of others. Primarily heard in UK. I tried to offer Jonathan help with the project, but he'd rather plough his own furrow. As an artist, I think you should try to plough your own furrow before worrying what other people might want.
See also: furrow, own, plough

plough a lone(ly) furrow

To do something in isolation; to act without the help of others. Primarily heard in UK. I tried to offer Jonathan help with the project, but he'd rather plough a lone furrow.
See also: furrow, plough
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

plough a lonely furrow

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plough a lone furrow

BRITISH, LITERARY
If someone ploughs a lonely furrow or ploughs a lone furrow, they do something by themselves and in their own way, without any help or support from other people. It seems that Shattock was something of an original thinker, ploughing a lonely furrow. Stein sandwich bar continues to plough a lone furrow as the building's only occupant. Note: This expression is very variable. Their government is more than adept at ploughing its own diplomatic furrow. Note: A furrow is a long narrow trench made in the ground by a plough.
See also: furrow, lonely, plough
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

plough a lonely (or your own) furrow

follow a course of action in which you are isolated or in which you can act independently.
See also: furrow, lonely, plough
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

ˌplough a lonely, your own, etc. ˈfurrow

(literary) do things that other people do not do, or be interested in things that other people are not interested in: There are several English teachers at the school, but Jeanne continues to plough a lonely furrow, teaching French and German.
A furrow is a long narrow cut in the ground made by a plough (= a large piece of farming equipment used for cutting the soil).
See also: furrow, plough
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • plough
  • plough (one's) own furrow
  • ploughed
  • ploughs
  • plough a lone(ly) furrow
  • plough a lonely furrow
  • plough a lonely, your own, etc. furrow
  • go hat in hand to (someone)
  • go hat in hand to someone
  • help a lame dog over a stile
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To cover the seeds, most furrow openers were equipped with a short chain with three large links that dragged behind pulling loose soil into the furrow and smoothing it over the seeds.
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The ridge-furrow planting comprises land preparation, broadcasting of seed, and formation of ridges and furrow with the ridger, while the farmer's practice includes land preparation and broadcasting of the seed and shallow cultivation with the cultivator and planking.
Impact of Ridge-Furrow Planting in Pakistan: Empirical Evidence from the Farmers Field
The spinach sown on raised beds produced taller plants (34.50 cm), followed by ridge bed (furrow) pattern (34.00 cm).
EFFECT OF SOWING MEHTODS ON YIELD AND GROWTH OF SPINACH
The order of the CCI was furrow > wide-narrow row > uniform row (except at GS65 in 2008-2009, in which the order of CCI was furrow > uniform row > wide-narrow row).
Precision Planting Patterns Effect on Growth, Photosynthetic Characteristics and Yield of Winter Wheat under Deficit Irrigation
The purpose of these evaluations has been (1) to determine whether yields can be achieved with overhead irrigation that are comparable to yields achieved with furrow and drip irrigation for wheat, corn, cotton, tomato, onion and broccoli; (2) to develop best management practices for overhead irrigation that can be used to increase the performance of this technology in California; and (3) to synthesize recent farmer experiences with overhead irrigation for a variety of crops in California.
Precision overhead irrigation is suitable for several Central Valley crops
Although the astral microtubule signaling hypothesis for furrow specification is well supported by a number of studies using echinoderm embryos, it has been interpreted as running counter to the large body of evidence in other experimental systems showing that signals derived from the chromosomes and the central spindle are responsible for Rho activation and subsequent cytokinesis (reviewed in Glotzer, 2009; Green et al., 2012; White and Glotzer, 2012).
Central spindle self-organization and cytokinesis in artificially activated sea urchin eggs
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Key words: Drip and Furrow irrigation system, sunflower, seed index, water use efficiency and yield
EFFECT OF DRIP AND FURROW IRRIGATION METHODS ON WATER SAVING, YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF SUNFLOWER CROP
The glabella is large, 74-80% as long as the cephalon, bilobed and reaches the border furrow anteriorly.
Upper lower Cambrian (provisional Cambrian Series 2) trilobites from northwestern Gansu Province, China/Loode-Hiina Gansu provintsi Alam-Kambriumi (provisoorne Kambriumi seeria 2) trilobiidid
The effect of trickle and furrow irrigation systems on yield and water use efficiency of garlic population of Hamedan.
Toping height and irrigation methods on yield and essential oils of evening primrose (Oenothera biennis
Furrow irrigation is one of the most conventionally practiced irrigation methods in the area.
Scenario studies on effects of soil infiltration rates, land slope, and furrow irrigation characteristics on furrow irrigation-induced erosion
"The NCAP Field Coordinator arranged for a private service provider to rip furrow my land at the end of October.
Conservation agriculture produces early Mahangu germination in Oshana region
The average C[O.sub.2] efflux corresponding to a planting system was calculated by weighing the values obtained in each bed and furrow with or without traffic position according to the area that they represented (bed 50% and furrows 25% each).
Short- and mid-term tillage-induced soil C[O.sub.2] efflux on irrigated permanent- and conventional-bed planting systems with controlled traffic in southern Spain
Furrow presents fresh editions of 10 humorous poems, bourdes, from the 15th century for learners of Middle English, divided into tales of white magic, fiends and risen corpses, Arthurian bourdes, and kings and commoners.
Ten bourdes