Search results for 'sow':

sow¹ verb (sowed, sown or sowed, sowing) tr & intr 1 to scatter or place (plant seeds, a crop, etc) on or in the earth, in a plant pot, etc. 2 to plant (a piece of land) with seeds, a crop, etc • sowed the upper field with barley. 3 to introduce or arouse • sowed the seeds of doubt in his mind. sower noun. sow one's wild oats to indulge in a dissipated lifestyle, often having numerous sexual partners, especially for a relatively short period of time in one's youth. sow the seeds of something see under seed.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sawan.

sow² noun 1 a an adult female pig, especially one that has had a litter of piglets; b a female guinea pig; c the name given to the female of certain other animals, such as the mink. 2 metallurgy a the main channel that molten metal flows along towards the smaller channels or pig (noun 5b); b a piece of metal that has solidified in one of these channels.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sugu.