sow
[verb]
Synonyms: scatter, implant, plant, seed

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Related Words: fling, toss, drill

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I. sow¹ /səʊ $ soʊ/ verb (past tense sowed, past participle sown /səʊn $ soʊn/ or sowed)
[Language: Old English; Origin: sawan]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to plant or scatter seeds on a piece of ground:
Sow the seeds in late March.
sow something with something
These fields used to be sown with oats.

2. [transitive] to do something that will cause a bad situation in the future:
repressive laws that are sowing the seeds of future conflicts
sow doubt/confusion/dissatisfaction etc
an attempt to sow doubt among the jury members

3. sow your wild oats if a man sows his wild oats, he has sex with many different women, especially when he is young
—sower noun [countable]

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II. sow² /saʊ/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: sugu]
a fully grown female pig ⇒ boar

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sow
verb
ADV. early Sow early for an early crop.
thickly, thinly Sow the seeds quite thinly.
PREP. with We've sown that field with wheat.

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SOW
Speaking of Which

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