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See also:SOW,Sow,sów,andšow

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sow

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forSowanda.

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Etymology 1

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    FromMiddle Englishsowe, fromOld Englishsugu, fromProto-West Germanic*sugu, fromProto-Germanic*sugō, probably fromProto-Indo-European*su(H)kéh₂, from*suH-(“pig”).

    See alsoWest Frisiansûch,Dutchzeug,Low GermanSöög,GermanSau,Swedishsugga,Norwegiansugge; alsoWelshhwch(“pig”),Sanskritसूकर(sūkará,“swine, boar”); alsoDanishso,GermanSau,Latinsūs,Tocharian Bsuwo,Ancient Greekὗς(hûs),Albanianthi,Avestan𐬵𐬏(hū,“boar”). See alsoswine.Doublet ofsoor.

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    Noun

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    A sow with her young.

    sow (pluralsowsor(archaic)swine)

    1. Afemalepig.
    2. Afemalebear,she-bear.
      • 1995, Dana Stabenow,Play with Fire,→ISBN, page11:
        Lucky he wasn't asow. They've usually just dropped a cub this time of year. Asow would have been cranky as hell.
    3. A femaleguinea pig.
    4. Achannel that conductsmoltenmetal tomolds.
    5. A mass of metalsolidified in a mold.
      • 1957, H.R. Schubert,History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page160:
        In England, it was generally termed a 'sow', if the weight was above 10 cwts., if below, it was termed a 'pig' from which the present term 'pig iron' is derived.
    6. (derogatory, slang) Acontemptible, often fat woman.
    7. Asowbug.
    8. (military) A kind of covered shed, formerly used bybesiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
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    • (mass of metal solidified in a mold):ingot
    • (contemptible woman):bitch,cow
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    Translations
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    female pig
    female bear—seeshe-bear
    channel that conducts molten metal to molds
    mass of metal solidified in a mold
    contemptible woman
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    Etymology 2

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      FromMiddle Englishsowen, fromOld Englishsāwan, fromProto-West Germanic*sāan, fromProto-Germanic*sēaną, fromProto-Indo-European*seh₁-. CompareDutchzaaien,Germansäen,Danishså,Norwegian Bokmålså.

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      sow (third-person singular simple presentsows,present participlesowing,simple pastsowed,past participlesown)

      1. (ambitransitive) Toscatter,disperse, orplant (seeds).
        When I hadsown the field, the day's work was over.
      2. (figurative) Tospread abroad; topropagate. (usu. negative connotation)
        • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Job4:8:
          Euen as I haue seene, they that plow iniquity, andsow wickednsse, reape the same.
        • 1712 (date written),[Joseph] Addison,Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published1713,→OCLC, Act I, scene i,page 6:
          Andsow dissension in the hearts of brothers.
        • 1963 June, G. Freeman Allen, “The success of diesel-hydraulics on the German Federal Railway”, inModern Railways, page386:
          Not surprisingly, it hassown doubt among other operators of diesel-hydraulics;[…].
        • 2024 January 25, Marin Scotten, “‘Laying claim to nature’s work’: plant patents sow fear among small growers”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:
          ‘Laying claim to nature’s work’: plant patentssow fear among small growers [title]
      3. (figurative) Toscatter over; tobesprinkle.
        • a.1677 (date written),Matthew Hale,The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published1677,→OCLC:
          The intellectual faculty is a goodly field,[…] and it is the worst husbandry in the world tosow it with trifles.
        • 1667,John Milton, “Book VII”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
          [He]sowd with Starrs the heav'n.
      4. Obsolete spelling ofsew.
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      disperse seeds
      spread about, propagate
      scatter

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      Etymology 1

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      Noun

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      sow

      1. alternative form ofsowe

      Etymology 2

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      Verb

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      sow

      1. alternative form ofsowen(“to torment”)
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