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1  [soh] ,verb, sowed, sown or sowed, sow⋅ing.
Use sow in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
2. to plant seed for: to sow a crop.
3. to scatter seed over (land, earth, etc.) for the purpose of growth.
4. to implant, introduce, or promulgate; seek to propagate or extend; disseminate: to sow distrust or dissension.
5. to strew or sprinkle with anything.
–verb (used without object)
6. to sow seed, as for the production of a crop.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME sowen, OE sāwan; c. D zaaien, G säen, ON sā, Goth saian; akin to seed, L sēmen seed, serere to sow

Related forms:
sow⋅a⋅ble, adjective
sower, noun

Synonyms:
4. inject, lodge, circulate.
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sow

2  [sou] ,
–noun
1. an adult female swine.
2. the adult female of various other animals, as the bear.
3. Metallurgy.
a. 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.
b. the common channel itself.
c. a basin holding any of certain molten nonferrous metals to be cast.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME sowe, OE sugu; c. G Sau, ON sȳr, L sūs, Gk hûs, Tocharian B suwo; see swine

Related forms:
sowlike, adjective
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sow 1   (sō)   
v.   sowed, sown (sōn) or sowed, sow·ing, sows

v.   tr.

  1. To scatter (seed) over the ground for growing.

  2. To spread (land, for example) with seed.

  3. To strew something around or over (an area); distribute something over.

  4. To propagate; disseminate: sow rumors.

v.   intr.
To scatter seed for growing.

[Middle English sowen, from Old English sāwan; see sē- in Indo-European roots.]
sow'er n.
sow 2   (sou)   
n.  

    1. An adult female hog.

    2. The adult female of several other animals, such as the bear.

    3. A channel that conducts molten iron to the molds in a pig bed.

    4. The mass of metal solidified in such a channel or mold.

    1. A channel that conducts molten iron to the molds in a pig bed.

    2. The mass of metal solidified in such a channel or mold.


[Middle English, from Old English sugu and Old English sū; see sū- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

sow  (v.)
O.E. sawan "to scatter seed upon the ground or plant it in the earth" (class VII strong verb; past tense seow, pp. sawen), from P.Gmc. *sæjanan (cf. O.N. sa, O.S. saian, M.Du. sayen, Du. zaaien, O.H.G. sawen, Ger. säen, Goth. saian), from PIE base *se- (cf. L. sero, pt. sevi, pp. satum "to sow;" O.C.S. sejo, sejati; Lith. seju, seti "to sow"), source of semen, season (n.), seed, etc. Fig. sense was in O.E.

sow  (n.)
O.E. sugu, su "female of the swine," from P.Gmc. *sugo (cf. O.S., O.H.G. su, Ger. Sau, Du. zeug, O.N. syr), from PIE base *su- (cf. Skt. sukarah "wild boar, swine;" Avestan hu "wild boar;" Gk. hys "swine;" L. sus "swine," swinus "pertaining to swine;" O.C.S. svinija "swine;" Lett. sivens "young pig;" Welsh hucc, Ir. suig "swine; O.Ir. socc "snout, plowshare"), possibly imitative of pig noise, a notion reinforced by the fact that Skt. sukharah means "maker of (the sound) 'su.' " Related to swine. As a term of abuse for a woman, attested from 1508.
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Idioms & Phrases

sow

In addition to the idiom beginning with sow, also see can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

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