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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sow1 /soʊ/USA pronunciation v., sowed, sown /soʊn/USA pronunciation or sowed, sow•ing. - Agricultureto scatter (seed) over or on (land, etc.), for growth;
plant: [~ + object]to sow seeds on the farm.[~ + object]to sow the farm with seeds.[no object]It was not quite time for sowing. - to introduce, begin, or spread:[~ + object]sowing distrust among his coworkers.
Idioms- Idioms sow one's wild oats, to behave in a reckless way, esp. by having many sexual partners due to youth and immaturity:to sow their wild oats before getting married.
- sow the seeds of, [~ + object] to cause (something, esp. something undesirable) to develop:to sow the seeds of hatred.
sow•er, n. [countable]sow2 /saʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Animal Husbandryan adult female pig.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sow1 (sō),USA pronunciation v., sowed, sown or sowed, sow•ing. v.t. - Agricultureto scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth;
plant. - Agricultureto plant seed for:to sow a crop.
- Agricultureto scatter seed over (land, earth, etc.) for the purpose of growth.
- to implant, introduce, or promulgate;
seek to propagate or extend; disseminate:to sow distrust or dissension. - to strew or sprinkle with anything.
v.i. - Agricultureto sow seed, as for the production of a crop.
- bef. 900; Middle English sowen, Old English sāwan; cognate with Dutch zaaien, German säen, Old Norse sā, Gothic saian; akin to seed, Latin sēmen seed, serere to sow
sow′a•ble, adj. sow′er, n. - 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inject, lodge, circulate.
sow2 (sou),USA pronunciation n. - Animal Husbandryan adult female swine.
- Zoologythe adult female of various other animals, as the bear.
- Metallurgy
- a large oblong mass of iron that has solidified in the common channel through which the molten metal flows to the smaller channels in which the pigs solidify.
- the common channel itself.
- a basin holding any of certain molten nonferrous metals to be cast.
- bef. 900; Middle English sowe, Old English sugu; cognate with German Sau, Old Norse sȳr, Latin sūs, Greek hûs, Tocharian B suwo; see swine
sow′like′, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sow /səʊ/ vb (sows, sowing, sowed, sown, sowed)- to scatter or place (seed, a crop, etc) in or on (a piece of ground, field, etc) so that it may grow: to sow wheat, to sow a strip of land
- (transitive) to implant or introduce: to sow a doubt in someone's mind
Etymology: Old English sāwan; related to Old Norse sā, Old High German sāen, Old Slavonic seja, Latin serere to sowˈsower n sow /saʊ/ n - a female adult pig
- the female of certain other animals, such as the mink
- the channels for leading molten metal to the moulds in casting pig iron
- iron that has solidified in these channels
Etymology: Old English sugu; related to Old Norse sӯr, Old High German sū, Latin sūs, Norwegian sugga, Dutch zeug: see swine |