Definitions for sown

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Spelling: [sohn]
IPA: /soʊn/

Sown is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in sown (nosw).

Definitions for sown

verb

  1. a past participle of sow1 .

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 sown

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 sown

The flax which was sown in this country rose three feet high.

And thus was sown a seed that may, however extraordinary it may seem, destroy the prime minister.

The seeds of Strub's activism were sown as a child, when he snuck out of the house to watch May Day riots in Iowa City.

For me, the next morning, I could almost have said, 'I was sown in dishonour and raised in glory.'

What belief should be sown to blossom forth in a harvest of strength and peace?

It must be sown thin, and notwithstanding that attention, it often happens to be too thick.

The seeds of knowledge had been sown, but they lacked moisture and had failed to grow.

The press gets involved, the Twittersphere goes wild, and all the seeds of intractability are sown.

Sully decides to face the truth of what his negligence has sown.

For Khoury, the bigger threat has been the pro-regime mobs that have sown chaos around the city in the past week.

Word Value for sown
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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