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sowed

/səʊd/US/soʊd/

sowed is the simple past and 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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Phrases with sowed

Questions about sowed

What is sowed the simple past and past participle of?
Sowed is the simple past and past participle of sow.
How do you pronounce sowed?
Sowed is pronounced /səʊd/ (UK).

Words near sowed in the dictionary

  1. Sowden
  2. Sowdens
  3. Sowder
  4. Sowders
  5. sowe
  6. sowed
  7. sowed dragon's teeth
  8. sowed one's oats
  9. sowed one's wild oats
  10. sowed the seeds of
  11. sowedst

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