Sow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /saʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sow is a noun meaning A female animal, particularly:.
Meaning
A female animal, particularly:.
More Meanings
- (derogatory, slang) A contemptible, often fat woman.
- Clipping of sowbug.
- A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
- A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
- (ambitransitive) To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
- (ambitransitive, figurative) To spread abroad; to propagate.
- (military) 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, etc.
Example Sentences
as you sow, so shall you reap
[He] sowd with Starrs the heav'n.
And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.
When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
Word Forms
- sows
- sowing
- sowed
- sown
Synonyms for sow
Depending on context, synonyms include bitch, cow, ingot, seed, inseminate, sough.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inseminate, seed, sough, pig, porker, bear.
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