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Definition of 'sow'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sowe, from (etyl) sugu, from (etyl) (ae)). See also swine .
Noun
( en-noun)
A female pig.
A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
* 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 160:
- 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.
(derogatory|slang) A contemptible, often fat woman.
A sowbug.
(military) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
- (Craig)
Usage notes
The plural form swine is now obsolete in this sense.
Synonyms
* (mass of metal solidified in a mold) ingot
* (contemptible woman) bitch, cow
Derived terms
* make a silk purse of a sow's ear
See also
* boar
* hog
* pig
Etymology 2
From (etyl) sowen, from (etyl) .
Verb
To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
- When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
- As you sow , so shall you reap.
(figurative) To spread abroad; to propagate.
* Addison
- And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.
(figurative) To scatter over; to besprinkle.
* Sir M. Hale
- The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles.
* Milton
- [He] sowed with stars the heaven.
Synonyms
* plant, scatter
Derived terms
* reap what one sows
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