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sow
/ˈsaʊ/
母豬(vt.)播種,散布,使密布(vi.)播種
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sow
v. i.
To
sew
.
See
Sew
. [
Obs
.]
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sow
n.
1.
Zool.
The
female
of
swine
,
or
of
the
hog
kind
.
2.
Zool.
A
sow
bug
.
3.
Metal.
(a)
A
channel
or
runner
which
receives
the
rows
of
molds
in
the
pig
bed
.
(b)
The
bar
of
metal
which
remains
in
such
a
runner
.
(c)
A
mass
of
solidified
metal
in
a
furnace
hearth
;
a
salamander
.
4.
Mil.
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
,
or
the
like
.
Sow bread
.
Bot.
See
Cyclamen
.
Sow bug
,
or
Sowbug
Zool.
,
any
one
of
numerous
species
of
terrestrial
Isopoda
belonging
to
Oniscus
,
Porcellio
,
and
allied
genera
of
the
family
Oniscidae
.
They
feed
chiefly
on
decaying
vegetable
substances
.
Sow thistle
[AS. sugepistel]
Bot.
,
a
composite
plant
(
Sonchus oleraceus
)
said
to
be
eaten
by
swine
and
some
other
animals
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sow
v. t.
[
imp.
Sowed
p. p.
Sown
or
Sowed
;
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Sowing
.]
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
.”
A
sower
went
forth
to
sow
;
and
when
he
sowed
,
some
seeds
fell
by
the
wayside
.
--
Matt
.
xiii
. 3, 4.
And
sow
dissension
in
the
hearts
of
brothers
.
--
Addison
.
2.
To
scatter
seed
upon
,
in
,
or
over
;
to
supply
or
stock
,
as
land
,
with
seeds
.
Also
used
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
.
--
Sir
M
.
Hale
.
[He]
sowed
with
stars
the
heaven
.
--
Milton
.
Now
morn
. . .
sowed
the
earth
with
orient
pearl
.
--
Milton
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sow
,
v. i.
To
scatter
seed
for
growth
and
the
production
of
a
crop
; --
literally
or
figuratively
.
They
that
sow
in
tears
shall
reap
in
joi
.
--
Ps
.
cxxvi
. 5.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
]
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