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Definition of 'sow'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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

Translation of 'sow'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to scatter over, or put in, the ground I sowed lettuce in this part of the garden.
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
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