Sow (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), sowed, sown or sowed, sow·ing.
  1. to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
  2. to plant seed for: to sow a crop.
  3. to scatter seed over (land, earth, etc.) for the purpose of growth.
  4. to implant, introduce, or promulgate; seek to propagate or extend; disseminate: to sow distrust or dissension.
  5. to strew or sprinkle with anything.
verb (used without object), sowed, sown or sowed, sow·ing.
  1. to sow seed, as for the production of a crop.
noun
  1. an adult female swine.
  2. the adult female of various other animals, as the bear.
  3. Metallurgy.
    • a large oblong mass of iron that has solidified in the common channel through which the molten metal flows to the smaller channels in which the pigs solidify.
    • the common channel itself.
    • a basin holding any of certain molten nonferrous metals to be cast.
verb sows, sowing, sowed, sown or sowed
  1. to scatter or place (seed, a crop, etc) in or on (a piece of ground, field, etc) so that it may grow
  2. to implant or introduce
noun
  1. a female adult pig
  2. the female of certain other animals, such as the mink
  3. metallurgy
    • the channels for leading molten metal to the moulds in casting pig iron
    • iron that has solidified in these channels
Sow (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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