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• The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.From the entry seed
• A soil leveller is used to prepare the field before sowing.From the entry leveller
• The black sow pigged at seven this morning.From the entry pig
• We sowed the seeds, broadcasting with a rotary spreader.From the entry broadcasting
• The farmer sowed the field with corn.From the entry sowed
• The monastery's records showed not only how many swine were raised each year but also their disposition, categorized by boars, sows, hoggets, and porklings.From the entry hogget
• The knotweed of stupidism can sow deleterious ignorance of the past.2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 61. From the entry stupidism
• "Unhive” it by sowing uncertainty, causing its officers to make bad decisions that can be exploited.2019, Sean McFate, Goliath. From the entry unhive
• 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
• Purple shoots had grown up from the wheat seeds sown in the furrows.2015, Mo Yan [pseudonym; Guan Moye], translated by Howard Goldblatt, Radish (Penguin Specials), Melbourne, Vic.: Penguin Books Australia…. From the entry radish
• For swine there are four categories: boars, sows, hoggets, and porklings or sucking-pigs (porcelli).2014 [1951], H. P. R. Finberg, “Chapter V: Pastoral husbandry”, in Tavistock Abbey: A Study in the Social and Economic History of Devon…. From the entry hogget
• Hatredness must be nationally addressed if unity is to be sown among Nigerians.2012, Dr. Onyema G. Nkwocha, Effective Leadership in Nigeria. From the entry hatredness
• "We will reap what we sow; live with what we do not act to change," he said.2005 November 15, Tony Blair, The Guardian. From the entry reap what one sows
• It seems that the old sow got a little soused at the cowboy celebration.2004, Martin R. Riehle, Square Dancing in Hell, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 120. From the entry obnoxiosity
• It's easier to sow inner dissension than to unite for betterment.1981 August 15, Priscilla Golding, “A Disservice”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 5, page 4. From the entry negativism
• In mild areas, start sowing seeds in pots and flats for later transplanting.1978, Keith Vincent Smith, The Illustrated Earth Garden Herbal, Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia, page endpaper. From the entry flat
• The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 247. From the entry gourmet
• There are different sizes of gorrus suitable for sowing different crops.1960, V. T. Subbiah Mudaliar, South Indian Field Crops: By V.T.Subbiah Mudaliar. From the entry gorru
• She is the womb and the tomb: the sow that eats her farrow.1949, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. From the entry farrow
• 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
• As it is in the brown hen, or even a sow.1925, D. H. Lawrence, Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays: .. Love Was Once a Little Boy. From the entry desirableness
• He made a garden—sowed a seed— But we have plucked the flowers!1906, The Independent, page 1024. From the entry weedman
• I welcome the deal, but hope the continuing disagreements about modernisation do not sow the seeds of the next dispute.2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3. From the entry sow the seeds of
• They who sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.2021 January 7, “Trump Is to Blame for Capitol Attack”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
• Many of these ground-layer plants were placed in naturalistic drifts to make it appear as if they were sowing themselves.2012, David L. Culp, The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage, Timber Press, page 168. From the entry drift
• Green chickories can be sown in early spring.2012, Claire Splan, “Fruits, Herbs, Nuts & Vegetables [Lettuce]”, in California Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Eat the Best…. From the entry chicory
• Sow them in late spring, prick out small bundles of seedlings into 7.5cm (3in) pots and transplant them in late May.2005 October 22, Valerie Bourne, “Self-seeding”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 24 Nov 2013. From the entry prick
• I say this not for your benefit, my dear friend, but lest some chorizont seek to sow discord between us.2005, Jacob Burckhardt, Maurizio Ghelardi, Italian Renaissance Painting According to Genres, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry chorizont
• Sow seeds or plant in midto late spring.2005, Marianne Binetti, Don Williamson, “Dwarf Morning Glory: Convolvulus”, in Best Garden Plants for British Columbia, Edmonton, Alta.…. From the entry dwarf morning glory
• Seed should be sown thinly and evenly to enable seedlings to be pricked out without disturbing those that have just emerged.2002 July 6, Carol Klein, “Coming up primroses”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 15 Feb 2013. From the entry prick
• Terrestrial isopods, commonly known as pill bugs, sow bugs, or roly-polys, are generally familiar to most of us.1995, Henry W. Robison, Robert T. Allen, “Subphylum Crustacea: Crustaceans”, in Only in Arkansas: A Study of the Endemic Plants and…. From the entry roly-poly
• She saw a boar following a sow.1987, Peter Pabisch, “H. C. Artmann”, in Donald G[eorge] Daviau, editor, Major Figures of Contemporary Austrian Literature, New York…. From the entry haress
• Most Chinese seed-drills sow not only seed but also manure.1984, Joseph Needham, Francesca Bray, Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 6, Part 2, page 270. From the entry seed drill
• Bullock drawn hoes are worked to remove weeds in those fields where the crops are sown with Gorru.1979, Andhra Pradesh (India), Bh Sivasankaranarayana, M. V. Rajagopal, Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: Visakapatnam, page 66. From the entry gorru
• Huangkang and Yunyang prefectures and Wuhan and Shihyen municipalities have fulfilled 85 percent of the autumn sowing plans for summer grain.[1978 November 21 [1978 November 12], “Hupeh Autumn Sowing”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 225, Foreign…. From the entry Shiyan
• Soldiers and civilians in Chiehhsiu County, Shansi, have launched an upsurge of fighting drought and carrying out spring sowing.1971 May 18 [1971 May 12], “Shansi Spring Farming”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 96, Foreign Broadcast Information…. From the entry Chiehhsiu

Meaning of sow

1. noun A female pig.
2. noun A female bear; she-bear.
3. noun A female guinea pig.

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Questions about sow in a sentence

How do you use sow in a sentence?

Sow is used as a noun and verb. For example: “When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.”

What is a short sentence with sow?

“Lucky he wasn't a sow.”

What does sow mean?

Sow means a female pig.