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- DictionarySow/sō/
verb
- 1. plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth: "sow a thin layer of seeds on top" Similar scatterspreadbroadcastdispersestrewdisseminatedistributedrilldibbleput in the groundliterary:bestrew
- ▪ plant the seeds of (a plant or crop): "the corn had just been sown"
- ▪ plant (a piece of land) with seed: "the field used to be sown with oats" Similar plantseedreseed
- ▪ be thickly covered with: "we walked through a valley sown with boulders"
- ▪ cause to appear or spread: "the new policy has sown confusion and doubt" Similar causebring aboutoccasioncreategive rise tolead toproduceengendergenerateinduceinviteimplantplantlodgepromptevokeelicitinitiateprecipitateinstigatetriggerspark offprovokeend inculminate infinish interminate ininvolvemeanentailnecessitatepromotefosterfomentformal:redound toliterary:beget
Word Origin Old Englishsāwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaaien and German säen.
Derivatives
- 1. sower noun
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