Words that start with P

Played is the past tense of play. For example, "the children played in the park".

A playground is an area especially designed for children to play in. Playgrounds are full of brightly colored play equipment, such as swings and slides.

Please is a word you add to a request to make it nicer and more polite. You are more likely to get what you want if you say please. Used as a verb, please means to make someone feel good or happy, for example "I did it just to please you".

Pliers are a tool used for holding things, like small pieces of metal. They are similar in design to scissors. Some pliers also have a blade on them so they can be used for cutting things like wire.

A plough is a device for breaking up the soil in a field or garden before crops are planted. Ploughing the soil makes it softer and easier for plants to grow, and turns the soil over so any vegetation leftover from an earlier crop will go underground and add nutrients to the soil. Ploughs used to make one furrow at a time and were pulled by horses like in the picture. Today they can make dozens of furrows at a time and are pulled by tractors.