sow

Speech parts

1. sow - Noun

2. sow - Verb

3. Sow - Proper noun

Meaning

To sew. See Sew.

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.

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.

To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

plant seed scatter inseminate sow in sioux lodge doe roe ewe dibble lioness jenny razorback cow
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Antonyms

combat challenge destroy dispute check counter
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Hypernyms

place set position put spread broadcast

Hyponyms

broadcast scatter inseminate sow in

Phrases with the word

sow wild oats drunk as David's sow sow dissension as drunk as a sow as drunk as david's sow perennial sow thistle

Derivatives

sowed sown sowing

Examples

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them. Anne Louise Germaine de Staël

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Francis of Assisi

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny. Charles Reade

If you sow arrows, you will reap sorrows. Filipino Proverb

In the ocean, one does not need to sow water. Somali Proverb

It will come back, said the man, when he gave his sow pork. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

SovUk. sovvy sovvy ring sow bread sow bug sow dissension