1. (v.t.)sow to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
2. sow to scatter seed over (land, earth, etc.) for the purpose of growth.
3. sow to implant, introduce, or promulgate; disseminate: to sow distrust or dissension.
4. sow to strew or sprinkle with anything.
5. (v.i.)sow to sow seed, as for the production of a crop.
6. (n.)sow an adult female swine.
7. sow the adult female of various other animals, as the bear.
8. sow a large oblong mass of iron that has solidified in the common channel through which the molten metal flows to the smaller channels where the pigs solidify.
9. sow the common channel itself.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME sowe, OE sugu, c. OS
Definition of 'SOW'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)sow an adult female hog
2. (verb)sow, seed place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth "She sowed sunflower seeds"
3. (verb)sow introduce into an environment "sow suspicion or beliefs"
4. (verb)inseminate, sow, sow in place seeds in or on (the ground) "sow the ground with sunflower seeds"
Definition of 'SOW'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)SOW the female of swine, or of the hog kind
2. (noun)SOW a sow bug
3. (noun)SOW a channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed
4. (noun)SOW the bar of metal which remains in such a runner
5. (noun)SOW a mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander
6. (noun)SOW 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
7. (verb)SOW to sew. See Sew
8. (verb)SOW to scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate
9. (verb)SOW to scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle
10. (verb)SOW to scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively
Definitions of SOW 
Afrikaans: saai
Arabic: يَبْذُر، يَزْرَع
Bulgarian: сея
Brazilian: semear
Czech: (za)sít
German: säen
Danish: så; plante
Greek: σπέρνω, φυτεύω
Spanish: sembrar
Estonian: külvama
Farsi: بذر افشاندن؛ كاشتن
Finnish: kylvää
French: semer
Hebrew: לִזרוֹעַ
Hindi: बोना, छितराना
Croatian: sijati
Hungarian: vet
Indonesian: menyebar
Icelandic: sá, gróðursetja
Italian: seminare
Japanese: 種をまく
Korean: (씨를) 뿌리다
Lithuanian: (pa)sėti
Latvian: []sēt
Malay: menyemai
Dutch: zaaien
Norwegian: så
Polish: siać
Persian: بذر افشاندن؛ كاشتن
Pashto: کښت کول
Portuguese: semear
Romanian: a semăna
Russian: сеять
Slovak: (za)siať
Slovenian: sejati
Serbian: posaditi
Swedish: så
Thai: หว่าน
Turkish: saçmak, ekmek
Taiwanese: 播(種)，撒
Ukrainian: сіяти; насаджувати
Urdu: زمین پر یا اندر پھیلانا
Vietnamese: gieo hạt, xạ
Chinese: 播（种），撒
