sowable
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.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English sowen, Old English sāwan; cognate with Dutch zaaien, German säen, Old Norse sā, Gothic saian; akin to seed, Latin sēmen seed, serere to sow
before 900; Middle English sowen, Old English sāwan; cognate with Dutch zaaien, German säen, Old Norse sā, Gothic saian; akin to seed, Latin sēmen seed, serere to sow
Related forms
sow·a·ble, adjective
sow·er, noun
un·sowed, adjective
Synonyms
4. inject, lodge, circulate.
4. inject, lodge, circulate.
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sow1 (səʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , sows, sowing, sowed, sown, sowed | |
| 1. | to scatter or place (seed, a crop, etc) in or on (a piece of ground, field, etc) so that it may grow: to sow wheat; to sow a strip of land |
| 2. | (tr) to implant or introduce: to sow a doubt in someone's mind |
| [Old English sāwan; related to Old Norse sā, Old High German sāen, Old Slavonic seja, Latin serere to sow] | |
| 'sowable1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'sower1 | |
| —n | |
| sow1 (səʊ) | |
| —vb , sows, sowing, sowed, sown, sowed | |
| 1. | to scatter or place (seed, a crop, etc) in or on (a piece of ground, field, etc) so that it may grow: to sow wheat; to sow a strip of land |
| 2. | (tr) to implant or introduce: to sow a doubt in someone's mind |
| [Old English sāwan; related to Old Norse sā, Old High German sāen, Old Slavonic seja, Latin serere to sow] | |
| 'sowable1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'sower1 | |
| —n | |
| sow2 (saʊ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a female adult pig |
| 2. | the female of certain other animals, such as the mink |
| 3. | metallurgy |
| a. the channels for leading molten metal to the moulds in casting pig iron | |
| b. iron that has solidified in these channels | |
| [Old English sugu; related to Old Norse sӯr, Old High German sū, Latin sūs, Norwegian sugga, Dutch zeug: see | |
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Word Origin & History
sow
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
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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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| SOW statement of work |
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