sow
Meanings
Noun
- an adult female hog
- A female pig.
- A female bear, she-bear.
- A female guinea pig.
- A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
- A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
- A contemptible, often fat woman.
- A sowbug.
- 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.
Verb
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- "She sowed sunflower seeds"
- introduce into an environment
- "sow suspicion or beliefs"
- place seeds in or on (the ground)
- "sow the ground with sunflower seeds"
- To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
- To spread abroad; to propagate. (usu. negative connotation)
- To scatter over; to besprinkle.
- Obsolete spelling of sew.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *su(H)kéh₂, from *suH- (“pig”).
See also West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge; also Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit सूकर (sūkará, “swine, boar”); also Danish so, German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor.
Synonyms
bitch, cow, ingot, inseminate, seed, sow in
Scrabble Score: 6
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