Past tense of sow
regular verb
The past tense of sow is sowed. The past participle is sown.
Forms of sow
| Base form (V1) | sow /saʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sowed /səʊd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | sown /soʊn/ |
| Present participle | sowing /ˈsəʊɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | sows |
Sowed and sown in a sentence
- When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
- We sowed the seeds, broadcasting with a rotary spreader.From the entry broadcasting
- The farmer sowed the field with corn.From the entry sowed
- In blithely demanding that America tavernize itself, the king ultimately sowed the seeds of his own doom.2016, Steven Grasse, Colonial Spirits: A Toast to Our Drunken History. From the entry tavernize
- With the vim of a small hurricane, he sowed his yells, his vindication.1929, Evelyn Scott, The Wave, J. Cape and H. Smith, page 284. From the entry goatwise
Meaning of sow
- noun A female pig.
- noun A female bear; she-bear.
- noun A female guinea pig.
Questions about the past tense of sow
- What is the past tense of sow?
- The past tense of sow is sowed.
- What is the past participle of sow?
- The past participle of sow is sown.
- Is sow a regular or irregular verb?
- Sow is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sow (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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