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sowm

sowm noun: the proportion of sheep or cattle suitable for a given pasture.

Noun

sowm (plural sowms)

  1. (Scotland) The proportion of sheep or cattle suitable for a given pasture.
  2. (Scotland) Pasture for a certain number of sheep or cattle.

Verb

sowm (third-person singular simple present sowms, present participle sowming, simple past and past participle sowmed)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To determine the proportion of sheep or cattle suitable for a given pasture.

Forms of sowm

Noun
pluralsowms
alternative formsoum
Verb
third-person singular presentsowms
present participlesowming
past participlesowmed
pastsowmed

Origin of sowm

Related to sum.

Questions about sowm

What does sowm mean?
Sowm means the proportion of sheep or cattle suitable for a given pasture.
What part of speech is sowm?
Sowm can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of sowm?
The plural of sowm is sowms.

Words near sowm in the dictionary

  1. sowling
  2. sowlings
  3. sowls
  4. sowlth
  5. sowlths
  6. sowm
  7. sowmed
  8. sowming
  9. sowms
  10. sown
  11. sown dragon's teeth

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