sow


Definition: Meaning of, sow in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / səʊ /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
sow sowed sown, sowed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
sowing sows
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  1. [intransitive and transitive] to plant or scatter seeds on a piece of ground
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  2. [transitive] to do something that will cause a bad situation in the future
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  3. sow your wild oats if a man sows his wild oats, he has sex with many different women, especially when he is young
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Singular Plural
sow sows
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  1. a fully grown female pig [↪  boar]
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sow used in phrases

  • sow bug (noun)
    1. a shape like a sow terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body
  • sow in (verb)
    1. the ground farming place seeds in or on
  • sow one's oats (verb)
    1. live promiscuously and self-indulgently
  • sow one's wild oats (verb)
    1. live promiscuously and self-indulgently
  • sow thistle (noun)
    1. any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil
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