sowing
/ˈsəʊɪŋ/US/ˈsoʊɪŋ/
sowing is the present participle and gerund of sow.
Meaning of sow
Verb
sow (third-person singular simple present sows, present participle sowing, simple past sowed, past participle sown)
- To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
- When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
- To spread abroad; to propagate.
- as you sow, so shall you reap
- 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, […]...
Noun
sowing (plural sowings)
- The act or process by which something is sown.
- annual sowings of wheat
Forms of sowing
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Questions about sowing
- What does sowing mean?
- Sowing means the act or process by which something is sown.
- What is sowing the present participle and gerund of?
- Sowing is the present participle and gerund of sow.
- What part of speech is sowing?
- Sowing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sowing?
- Sowing is pronounced /ˈsəʊɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sowing?
- The plural of sowing is sowings.
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