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Sow   /saʊ/  /soʊ/   Listen
verb
Sow  v. t.  (past sowed; past part. sown; pres. part. sowing)  
1.
To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. "He would sow some difficulty." "A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside." "And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers."
2.
To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle. "The intellectual faculty is a goodly field,... and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles." "(He) sowed with stars the heaven." "Now morn... sowed the earth with orient pearl."


Sow  v. i.  To sew. See Sew. (Obs.)


Sow  v. i.  (past sowed; past part. sown; pres. part. sowing)  To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; literally or figuratively. "They that sow in tears shall reap in joi."


noun
Sow  n.  
1.
(Zool.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
2.
(Zool.) A sow bug.
3.
(Metal.)
(a)
A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
(b)
The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.
(c)
A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
4.
(Mil.) 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.
Sow bread. (Bot.) See Cyclamen.
Sow bug, or Sowbug (Zool.), any one of numerous species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to Oniscus, Porcellio, and allied genera of the family Oniscidae. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable substances.
Sow thistle (Bot.), a composite plant (Sonchus oleraceus) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals.





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"Sow" Quotes from Famous Books



... should be remembered that Maynard was a man eminently qualified to sow violent animosities, and that he was a perpetual thorn in the flesh of the political barristers, whose principles he abhorred. A subtle and tricky man, he was constantly misleading judges by citing fictitious authorities, and then smiling at their professional ...
— A Book About Lawyers • John Cordy Jeaffreson
... no such things as reward and punishment, as these terms are ordinarily used: there are only good results and bad results. We sow, and ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14 - Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women • Elbert Hubbard
... how they came here," said she, "but three of them are orange-pips which we will sow to-morrow, and the other is a pea, but of what kind I know not, we will sow that also—but I fear it will not come up, as it appears to me to be one of the peas served out to the sailors on board ship, and will be too old ...
— The Little Savage • Captain Marryat
... fragrant leaves or wood, burnt upon the altar; afterward myrrh and frankincense were used. The victims were sheep, oxen, or other animals. To Hecate they offered a dog, to Venus a dove, to Mars some wild animal, to Ceres the sow, because it rooted up the corn. But it was forbidden to sacrifice the ploughing ox. The sacrifices of men, which were common among barbarous nations, were very ...
— Ten Great Religions - An Essay in Comparative Theology • James Freeman Clarke
... dozen of that. This will make you laugh some, as well as the other book; and it will do much more and better than that. It will set you to thinking. It will instruct, as well as amuse you. It will sow some good seeds in your mind, and your heart, too. It will teach you to be a thinker as well as a reader. It costs a little more than that almanac, it is true. But never mind that. If you'll take this ...
— The Diving Bell - Or, Pearls to be Sought for • Francis C. Woodworth


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