sow

(noun, verb)

noun

1. an adult female hog

Definition categories: animal, swine

verb

1. place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

- She sowed sunflower seeds

Similar word(s): seed

Definition categories: contact, lay, place, pose, position, put, set

2. introduce into an environment

- sow suspicion or beliefs

Definition categories: communication, broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate, spread

3. place seeds in or on (the ground)

- sow the ground with sunflower seeds

Similar word(s): inseminate

Definition categories: contact, seed, sow

Sentences with sow as a verb:

- When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.

- As you sow, so shall you reap.