sow

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   introduce into an environment

   Sow suspicion or beliefs.

2. 2
   verb

   place seeds in or on the ground for future growth

   They sowed sunflower seeds in the garden.

3. 3
   verb

   place seeds in or on the ground

   We sowed the ground with sunflower seeds.

4. 4
   noun

   A female bear, she-bear.

   Lucky he wasn't a sow. They've usually just dropped a cub this time of year. A sow would have been cranky as hell.

From Middle English sowen, from Old English sāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *sāan, from Proto-Germanic *sēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-. Compare Dutch zaaien, German säen, Danish så, Norwegian Bokmål så.

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