[
US
/ˈsaʊ, ˈsoʊ/
]
VERB
-
introduce into an environment
sow suspicion or beliefs -
place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
She sowed sunflower seeds -
place seeds in or on (the ground)
sow the ground with sunflower seeds
NOUN
- an adult female hog
How To Use sow In A Sentence
- The early commercial pea crops weren't sown in rows like home gardens, but were planted over the whole paddock and required a great deal of bending over to harvest the sweet green pods.
- Once upon a time there was an old sow of impeccable reputation who lived a quiet life inside a busy farmyard. Times, Sunday Times
- I first learned about cassowaries when I was at the School for Field Studies SFS Center for Rainforest Studies in Fall of 1990 as a college student, and was fascinated that they're the only bird that can "scarify" certain rainforest seeds. Archive 2008-07-01
- The sow, the mouse and the cow sounded a rousing song.
- As they sow, so let them reap.
- As we sow, so shall we reap.
- By mid 1843 matters had improved and many of the settlers had cattle, sown a crop and found time, money and labour to build substantial houses.
- It is too soon to sow yet.
- You (or One) cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
- It had to sow some doubt in his mind. The Sun