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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sow \Sow\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Sowed}; p. p. {Sown}or {Sowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sowing}.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. s[=a]wan; akin to OFries. s?a, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. s[=a]jan, G. s["a]en, Icel. s[=a], Sw. s[*a], Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith. s[=e]ti, Russ. sieiate, L. serere, sevi. Cf. {Saturday}, {Season}, {Seed}, {Seminary}.]
1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. ''He would sow some difficulty.'' --Chaucer.
A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside. --Matt. xiii. 3, 4.
And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers. --Addison.
2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . . and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. --Sir M. Hale.
[He] sowed with stars the heaven. --Milton.
Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sown \Sown\, p. p. of {Sow}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sow
noun: an adult female hog
verb
1: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: {sough}, {seed}]
2: introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs" [syn: {sough}]
3: place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" [syn: {inseminate}, {sow in}] [also: {sown}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sown
adjective: sprinkled with seed; "a seeded lawn" [syn: {seeded}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sown See {sow}
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