SOW

sow

Noun

  1. A female pig.
  2. A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
  3. A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
  4. A contemptible woman.
  5. A sowbug.
  6. A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.

Verb

  1. To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
    When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
    As you sow, so shall you reap.
  2. To spread abroad; to propagate.
  3. To scatter over; to besprinkle.


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