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sow'n

sow'n is the past participle of sow.

Meaning of sow

Verb

sow (third-person singular simple present sows, present participle sowing, simple past sowed, past participle sown)

  1. (ambitransitive) To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
    • When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
  2. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To spread abroad; to propagate.
    • as you sow, so shall you reap
  3. (figuratively) To scatter over; to besprinkle.
    • The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, […] and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles.a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...

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Questions about sow'n

What is sow'n the past participle of?
Sow'n is the past participle of sow.

Words near sow'n in the dictionary

  1. sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
  2. sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
  3. sow thistle
  4. sow thistles
  5. sow wild oats
  6. sow'n
  7. sow's baby
  8. sow-bread
  9. sow-thistle
  10. sow-thistles
  11. Sowa

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