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.