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Definitions for Sow

[1] to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
[2] to plant seed for: to sow a crop.
[3] to scatter seed over (land, earth, etc.) for the purpose of growth.
[4] to implant, introduce, or promulgate; seek to propagate or extend; disseminate: to sow distrust or dissension.
[5] to strew or sprinkle with anything.
[6] to sow seed, as for the production of a crop.
[7] an adult female swine.
[8] the adult female of various other animals, as the bear.
[9] Metallurgy . a large oblong mass of iron that has solidified in the common channel through which the molten metal flows to the smaller channels in which the pigs solidify. the common channel itself. a basin holding any of certain molten nonferrous metals to be cast.
[10] to scatter or place (seed, a crop, etc) in or on (a piece of ground, field, etc) so that it may grow to sow wheat ; to sow a strip of land
[11] (tr) to implant or introduce to sow a doubt in someone's mind
[12] a female adult pig
[13] the female of certain other animals, such as the mink
[14] metallurgy the channels for leading molten metal to the moulds in casting pig iron iron that has solidified in these channels

Words related to Sow

propagate, grow, scatter, raise, disseminate, toss, fling, inseminate, broadcast, seed, drill, pitch, lodge, implant, strew, disject

Words nearby Sow

sovietologist, sovietology, soviets, sovkhoz, sovran, sow, sow bug, sow one's wild oats, sow thistle, sow wild oats, sowback

Origin of Sow

2before 900; Middle English sowe, Old English sugu; cognate with German Sau, Old Norse sȳr, Latin sūs, Greek hûs, Tocharian B suwo; see swine

Other words from Sow

sow·a·ble , adjective
sow·er , noun
un·sowed , adjective
sow·like , adjective

Word origin for Sow

Old English sugu; related to Old Norse sӯr, Old High German sū, Latin sūs, Norwegian sugga, Dutch zeug: see swine

Synonyms for Sow

grow, propagate, scatter, broadcast, disseminate, drill, fling, implant, inseminate, lodge, pitch, raise, seed, strew, toss, disject, put in