sow
verb
[ səʊ ]
• plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth.
• "fill a pot with compost and sow a thin layer of seeds on top"
Similar:
scatter,
spread,
broadcast,
disperse,
strew,
disseminate,
distribute,
drill,
dibble,
put in the ground,
bestrew,
• disseminate or introduce (something undesirable).
• "the new policy has sown confusion and doubt"
Similar:
cause,
bring about,
occasion,
create,
give rise to,
lead to,
produce,
engender,
generate,
induce,
invite,
implant,
plant,
lodge,
prompt,
evoke,
elicit,
initiate,
precipitate,
instigate,
trigger,
spark off,
provoke,
end in,
culminate in,
finish in,
terminate in,
involve,
mean,
entail,
necessitate,
promote,
foster,
foment,
redound to,
beget,
Origin:
Old English sāwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaaien and German säen .
sow
noun
• an adult female pig, especially one which has farrowed.
• a large block of metal (larger than a ‘pig’) made by smelting.
Origin:
Old English sugu ; related to Dutch zeug, German Sau, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sus and Greek hus ‘pig’.
