sow¹

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US /saʊ/ UK /saʊ/ See IPA manual

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noun

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Homographs: sow² /soʊ/ — verb

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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.

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sow bug
a small land-dwelling crustacean with an oval segmented body, also called a woodlouse

Noun + noun

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