Sow (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

• The farmer carefully sowed the seeds, covering them gently with a layer of soil.
• After selecting the perfect spot in her garden, she sowed a packet of tomato seeds.
• He began to sow the seeds for his new crop of wheat as soon as the snow began to melt.
• As the spring weather finally arrived, they sowed a field of wildflowers near their home.
• She spent her Saturday afternoon sowing seeds for her new vegetable garden in the backyard.

Synonyms

• Seed

Hypernyms

• Position
• Pose
• Place
• Set
• Lay

Hyponyms

• Sow In
• Sow

Related Words

• Sower (noun)

Meaning ²

Place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Inseminate
• Sow In

Hypernyms

• Sow

Related Words

• Sower (noun)

Meaning ³

Introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Hypernyms

• Broadcast
• Disperse
• Circularize
• Circularise
• Propagate
• Disseminate
• Spread
• Pass Around
• Distribute
• Diffuse

Related Words

• Sower (noun)