Sow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To scatter (seed) over the ground for growing.
  • v. To spread (land, for example) with seed.
  • v. To strew something around or over (an area); distribute something over.
  • v. To propagate; disseminate: sow rumors.
  • verb-intransitive. To scatter seed for growing.
  • idiom. oats To indulge in dissolute or licentious behavior, especially to be sexually promiscuous, when young. Usually used of men.
  • n. An adult female hog.
  • n. The adult female of several other animals, such as the bear.
  • n. A channel that conducts molten iron to the molds in a pig bed.
  • n. The mass of metal solidified in such a channel or mold.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A female pig.
  • n. A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
  • n. A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
  • n. A contemptible woman.
  • v. To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To sew. See sew.
  • n. The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
  • n. A sow bug.
  • n.
  • n. A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
  • n. The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.
  • n. A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
  • n. 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.
  • v. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.
  • v. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
  • verb-intransitive. To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To scatter, as seed upon the earth, for the purpose of growth; plant by strewing.
  • To scatter seed over for growth; supply or stock with seed.
  • To scatter over; besprinkle; spangle: as, a velvet pall sown with golden bees.
  • To spread abroad; cause to extend; disseminate; propagate: as, to sow discord.
  • To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop.
  • n. An adult female hog; the female of swine.
  • n. A sow-bug.
  • n. In metallurgy, the metal which has solidified in the common channel or feeder through which the molten iron flows from the blast-furnace into a series of parallel grooves or furrows, which are the “pigs” appertaining to the sow, and the iron from which bears the name of pigiron, or simply pig: used also of other metals.
  • n. A military engine consisting of a movable roof arranged to protect men handling a battering-ram. Compare vinea, also cat and cat-castle.
  • Female: applied to fish: as, a sow hake. See sow fish, under fish.
  • An obsolete spelling of sew.
  • n. In metallurgy: Same as bear, 7.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an adult female hog
  • v. place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
  • v. place seeds in or on (the ground)
  • v. introduce into an environment
  • Equivalent
    sowbug   
    Verb Form
    sew    sowed    sowing    sown    sows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    swine    seed    distribute    pass around    circularize    propagate    broadcast    circularise    disseminate    diffuse   
    Variant
    sown    sew   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    salamander    besprinkle    seed    seed down    ingot    cow    bitch    plant    scatter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Au    Beau    Bilbao    Bio    Bo    Bordeaux    Boudreaux    Bow    Chao    Chow   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    harvest    bushel    boar    thresh    cultivation    seed    swine    goat    hare