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Meaning of 'sow' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sow [ n.]
- The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
- A sow bug.
- A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
- The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.
- A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
- A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.
2 . Sow [ v. i.]
- To sew. See Sew.
- To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.
3 . Sow [ v. t.]
- To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.
- To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.

Meaning of 'sow' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sow [ v]
Meaning (1):
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
Example in sentence:
  • She sowed sunflower seeds
Meaning (2):
- introduce into an environment
Example in sentence:
  • sow suspicion or beliefs
Meaning (3):
- place seeds in or on (the ground)
Example in sentence:
  • sow the ground with sunflower seeds

Nearby Words:

sowans sowar sowbane sowce sowdan sowdanesse sowed sowens sower sowing

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