Definitions for SOW

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SOW sow

Spelling: [soh]

IPA: /soʊ/

Sow is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 10 anagrams from letters in SOW (osw).

Definitions for SOW

noun

1. an adult female swine.
2. the adult female of various other animals, as the bear.
3. 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.

verb (used with object)

1. to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
2. to plant seed for:
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:
5. to strew or sprinkle with anything.

verb (used without object)

1. to sow seed, as for the production of a crop.

Origin of SOW

before 900; Middle English sowen, Old English sāwan; cognate with Dutch zaaien, German säen, Old Norse sā, Gothic saian; akin to seed, Latin sēmen seed, serere to sow

Examples for SOW

But if you choose to conduct your discourse in 140-word snaps, or soundbites, then you reap the crop of dumb that you sow.

And the sow that was washed, she went wallerin' in the mire, first chance she got.

“Their lack of appreciation is obvious and quite frankly, they reap what they sow,” reads one.

This indicated to her with what grain she could sow the field most profitably.

sow auricula and polyanthus seeds in boxes, made of rough boards six inches deep, with holes at the bottom to run off the water.

You reap what you sow, and Republicans are paying the price for elevating a minority within their party.

But the aristocracy did not sow this piece with rye, I suppose?

sow small sallads once in two days, as in the former month: at the same time choose a warm border, and sow some purslain.

The youngsters arrived at our border with the unspoken message that we reap what we sow.

But on Wednesday, two of its 15 stores were burned down, according to Atallah who believes the attacks were meant to sow discord.