Sow

Noun

 * 1) A female pig.
 * 2) A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
 * 3) A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
 * 4) * 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 160:
 * In England, it was generally termed a 'sow', if the weight was above 10 cwts., if below, it was termed a 'pig' from which the present term 'pig iron' is derived.
 * 1)  A contemptible woman.

Synonyms

 * ingot
 * bitch, cow

Derived terms

 * make a silk purse of a sow's ear

Verb

 * 1)  To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
 * I needed to sow the field, so I sowed the field and when I had sown the field, I was happy.

Synonyms

 * plant, scatter

Derived terms

 * reap what one sows
 * sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

Adverbs for Sow
mechanically;  scientifically;   scatteredly; widely; sparsely; thickly; luxuriantly.

Thesaurus
Partlet, barrow, bed, bestrew, biddy, bitch, boar, bossy, broadcast, brood mare, bullion, button, cast, casting, circumfuse, cow, deal out, dibble, diffract, diffuse, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, distribute, diverge, doe, drill, ewe, ewe lamb, fan out, filly, forest, gate, gilt, guinea hen, gyp, heifer, hen, hind, hog, implant, ingot, inseminate, issue, jenny, lioness, mare, nanny, nanny goat, overscatter, oversow, overspread, peahen, pig, piggy, piglet, pigling, pitch, plant, porker, pot, propagate, publish, put in, radiate, razorback, reforest, regulus, reset, retail, retimber, roe, scatter, scatter seed, seed, seed down, seminate, set, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, sheet metal, shoat, slut, sow broadcast, splay, spread, spread out, straw, strew, suckling pig, swine, tigress, toss, transplant, tusker, utter, vixen, wild boar

Etymology 1
sowe:, from sugu, from  (compare West Frisian sûch:,  zeug:, Low German Söög:, Icelandic sýr:), from  (compare  hoch: 'pig',  सूकर:), from *suh₂- 'pig' (compare  Sau:,  sus:, Tocharian B suwo,  ὗς:,  thi:, Avestan hū 'boar' ).

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: sough
 * Homophones: sough
 * Homophones: sough

Etymology 2
sāwan.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: sew, so
 * Homophones: sew, so
 * Homophones: sew, so

Noun

 * Chinese: 母猪 (mǔzhū)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: so
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: porkino
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cráin
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean: 암돼지


 * Latin: ,
 * Macedonian: маторица
 * Old English: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: krmača, prasica
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkmen: mekejin
 * Volapük: jisvin


 * Finnish:


 * Swedish: gjut, gjutså, ingjut, ingjutningskanal


 * Finnish:


 * Swedish:, ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * Russian:


 * Swedish:


 * : kiaulė
 * : (madde-xuk)

Verb

 * Arabic: (záraʕa)
 * Breton:
 * Chinese: 播種, 簸重 (bòzhòng), 播种 (bōzhòng)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: σπείρειν
 * Hungarian:
 * Ilocano:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 種をまく (たねをまく, táne o máku)
 * Korean: 심다 (simda), 뿌리다 (ppurida)


 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old English: sawan
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sìol
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: విత్తు (vittu)
 * Vietnamese: gieo
 * Welsh:

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