Sown

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sow \Sow\, v. t. [imp. {Sowed}; p. p. {Sown}or {Sowed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Sowing}.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. s[=a]wan; akin to
     OFries. s?a, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. s[=a]jan, G. s[aum]en,
     Icel. s[=a], Sw. s[*a], Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith.
     s[=e]ti, Russ. sieiate, L. serere, sevi. Cf. {Saturday},
     {Season}, {Seed}, {Seminary}.]


     1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing;
        as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread
        abroad; to propagate. "He would sow some difficulty."
        --Chaucer.
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              A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some
              seeds fell by the wayside.            --Matt. xiii.
                                                    3, 4.
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              And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as
        land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over;
        to besprinkle.
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              The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . .
              and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it
              with trifles.                         --Sir M. Hale.
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              [He] sowed with stars the heaven.     --Milton.
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              Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl.
                                                    --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sown \Sown\,
     p. p. of {Sow}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sow
       n : an adult female hog
       v 1: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She
            sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: {sough}, {seed}]
       2: introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"
          [syn: {sough}]
       3: place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with
          sunflower seeds" [syn: {inseminate}, {sow in}]
       [also: {sown}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sown
       adj : sprinkled with seed; "a seeded lawn" [syn: {seeded}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sown
       See {sow}