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sow

UK/saʊ/ US/soʊ/ fairly common slang
verb (3) noun (1)

verb

1.

place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

  • “She sowed sunflower seeds”
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2.

introduce into an environment

  • “sow suspicion or beliefs”
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3.

place seeds in or on (the ground)

  • “sow the ground with sunflower seeds”
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noun

1.

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • as you sow, so shall you reap
  • brood sow
  • drunk as a sow
  • drunk as David's sow
  • make a silk purse of a sow's ear
  • reap what one sows
  • sow dragon's teeth
  • sow one's oats
  • sow one's wild oats
  • sow stall
  • sow the seeds of
  • sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

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