Meaning of "sow" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOW

Old English sāwan; related to Old Norse sā, Old High German sāen, Old Slavonic seja, Latin serere to sow.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SOW

sow  [səʊ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOW

Sow is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sow in English.

WHAT DOES SOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sow

Sow may refer to: ▪ Sowing seed ▪ Female animals: ▪ Badger ▪ Bear ▪ Hedgehog ▪ Guinea pig ▪ Suidae ▪ Shape in which cast metal is cast ▪ Mobile shelter used during medieval sieges, described in siege tower#Medieval and later use ▪ River Sow, England ▪ "Sow", a poem by Sylvia Plath ▪ Sow, the band/spoken word project comprising Anna Wildsmith...

Definition of sow in the English dictionary

The definition of sow in the dictionary is to scatter or place in or on so that it may grow. Other definition of sow is to implant or introduce.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SOW

PRESENT

Present

I sow

you sow

he/she/it sows

we sow

you sow

they sow

Present continuous

I am sowing

you are sowing

he/she/it is sowing

we are sowing

you are sowing

they are sowing

Present perfect

I have sowed

you have sowed

he/she/it has sowed

we have sowed

you have sowed

they have sowed

Present perfect continuous

I have been sowing

you have been sowing

he/she/it has been sowing

we have been sowing

you have been sowing

they have been sowing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I sowed

you sowed

he/she/it sowed

we sowed

you sowed

they sowed

Past continuous

I was sowing

you were sowing

he/she/it was sowing

we were sowing

you were sowing

they were sowing

Past perfect

I had sowed

you had sowed

he/she/it had sowed

we had sowed

you had sowed

they had sowed

Past perfect continuous

I had been sowing

you had been sowing

he/she/it had been sowing

we had been sowing

you had been sowing

they had been sowing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will sow

you will sow

he/she/it will sow

we will sow

you will sow

they will sow

Future continuous

I will be sowing

you will be sowing

he/she/it will be sowing

we will be sowing

you will be sowing

they will be sowing

Future perfect

I will have sowed

you will have sowed

he/she/it will have sowed

we will have sowed

you will have sowed

they will have sowed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been sowing

you will have been sowing

he/she/it will have been sowing

we will have been sowing

you will have been sowing

they will have been sowing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would sow

you would sow

he/she/it would sow

we would sow

you would sow

they would sow

Conditional continuous

I would be sowing

you would be sowing

he/she/it would be sowing

we would be sowing

you would be sowing

they would be sowing

Conditional perfect

I would have sow

you would have sow

he/she/it would have sow

we would have sow

you would have sow

they would have sow

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been sowing

you would have been sowing

he/she/it would have been sowing

we would have been sowing

you would have been sowing

they would have been sowing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you sow
we let´s sow
you sow

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to sow

Past participle

sowed

Present Participle

sowing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SOW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sow» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of sow

bring about · broadcast · cause · create · disseminate · engender · generate · give rise to · implant · incite · induce · inseminate · lodge · occasion · plant · precipitate · produce · provoke · scatter · seed

TRANSLATION OF SOW

Find out the translation of sow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sow» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 成年母猪
• Translator English - Spanish: cerda
• English: sow
• Translator English - Hindi: बोना
• Translator English - Arabic: زرع
• Translator English - Russian: свиноматка
• Translator English - Portuguese: porca
• Translator English - Bengali: বুনা
• Translator English - French: truie
• Translator English - Malay: Menyemai
• Translator English - German: Sau
• Translator English - Japanese: 雌豚
• Translator English - Korean: 암퇘지
• Translator English - Javanese: Sow
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lợn nái
• Translator English - Tamil: பெண் பன்றி
• Translator English - Marathi: सो
• Translator English - Turkish: ekmek
• Translator English - Italian: scrofa
• Translator English - Polish: locha
• Translator English - Ukrainian: свиноматка
• Translator English - Romanian: scroafă
• Translator English - Greek: χοιρομητέρα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: saai
• Translator English - Swedish: sugga
• Translator English - Norwegian: purke

10 QUOTES WITH «SOW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sow.

1

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.

2

Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

3

Francis of Assisi

Where there is injury let me sow pardon.

4

Liberty Hyde Bailey

We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain.

5

Joseph P. Bradley

All cannot rule, nor can all be ruled. All cannot plow, nor can all sow, nor reap. No more can all neglect such employments, else the race would become extinct. Each has his business to perform, his part to act. It is a duty he owes to the rest as well as to himself.

6

Robert Collier

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

7

Robert Collier

You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.

8

Sheri L. Dew

I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without even knowing I was learning it. On the farm, you learn early that you reap what you sow.

9

Frederick Douglass

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.

10

Henry Van Dyke

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOW»

Discover the use of sow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Let Me Sow Light: Living with a Depressed Spouse

Authors Amy Viets and Bernadette Stankard have both lived with a depressed spouse, and they offer this book as a source of support for the pain that spouses may feel as they watch their loved ones struggle with depression.

Bernadette Stankard, Amy Viets, 2008

Sell what you sow!: the grower's guide to successful produce ...

Discusses different ways that a small-time farmer can market produce, including roadside stands, pick-your-own operations, contacting local restaurants for direct purchase of crops, and growing produce on order

Eric L. Gibson, 1994

Vanna's Sow

... interlocking stories of lives changed by conflicts between invisible power centers in Asia and America; from the end of the war in Viet Nam to the war on terror.

John Hanson, 2012

The Seeds We Sow: Kindness that Fed a Hungry World

Beene tells the story of the intertwined lives of George Washington Carver, Vice President Henry Agard Wallace, and Nobel Laureate Norman E. Borlaug, illuminating how their kindness and passion to feed the world was passed on and enhanced ...

Gary Beene, 2011

Reaping What You Sow: A Comparative Examination of Torture ...

This book evaluates the experience of official torture of France in Algeria, as well as recently, the United States since 9/11, Israel against Palestinians, and Argentina during its "Dirty War" from 1972 to 1983.

Henry F. Carey, 2012

You Reap What You Sow

She quickly realizes that fairy tales are for kids. The story begins with Jadaâs tumultuous relationship with Aidan Peacock, the son of a preacher.

F. A. Goodwin, 2005

As We Sow: Why the Great Divide

As We Sow' is not a book of fiction, nor a novel but an autobiography of a modern renaissance man, but a man no-less, with all his foibles, his successes, failures, fears and frustrations laid out with surgical precision in the cold reality ...

Barry Woods Johnston, 2012

Pig Farming

After mating the boar and sow are returned to their separate pens. This system lets the farmer keep records of each animal so he can calculate the date when the sow will give birth. A sow or gilt can give birth to two litters each year. A good pig ...

Prolit, 2004

Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print)

However, unlike the sow that can exhibit cycles throughout the year, the mare is a seasonal breeder that initiates estrus activity as day length increases during the early spring, usually becoming anestrus (no estrus expression) as day length ...

Wilson G. Pond, 2004

Sow the Seed

Lincolnshire, 1926.

Margaret Dickinson, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sow is used in the context of the following news items.

West Ham eye sensational £12m swoop for Senegal and …

Sow still has a year left on his contract at Fenerbahce, but the arrival of Dutch star Robin Van Persie from Manchester United has put his place under threat. «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

Aziz Yıldırım, Caner ve Sow için bonservisi belirledi

Başkan Aziz Yıldırım, Caner ve Musa Sow için gelecek teklifleri değerlendirmeye hazır. Mancini, Inter'e Caner'i istiyor. Sow'a İngiltere'den ve Katar'dan teklifler ... «Eurosport.com.tr, Jul 15»

Sunderland close to deal for Fenerbahce star Moussa Sow

Sow, who made his name during a prolific season at Lille in 2010/11, joined the Istanbul side in 2012 and scored 15 goals from 33 appearances last term. «talkSPORT.com, Jun 15»

Farmers sow seeds, building friendships in Berkeley fields

BERKELEY, Mo. (AP) – Urban farmers near the St. Louis area say the land offers them a place where they can both sow seeds and friendship. The amateur ... «fox2now.com, Jun 15»

3 bear cubs, orphaned when hunter shoots sow, relocated to Alaska …

Elias Holt of Munsey's Bear Camp pulls a mud-caked brown bear cub from the den. Munsey staff were given special authorization from the Alaska Department of ... «KTUU.com, May 15»

Hearts ace Osman Sow: We don't want to beat Rangers.. we want to …

DESPITE being over the line with games to spare, Sow insists Jambos want to leave their rivals in the dust by racking up a 30-point margin and banging in 100 ... «Scottish Daily Record, Apr 15»

Canaries show staying power as Sow gets last laugh against Eagles

Fenerbahçe players celebrate after Moussa Sow scored the matchwinner for their team in the İstanbul derby against old rival Beşiktaş on Sunday. (Photo: ... «Today's Zaman, Mar 15»

How much lead is in your chocolate?

As You Sow, an Oakland nonprofit, says single servings of 26 products it tested (three times) contain more of the two harmful heavy metals than allowed under ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»

Osman Sow sets 20-goal target alongside title aim

Sow has not played competitively since October 26 and consequently reduced his pre-season target of 25 goals by five. He currently has eight – seven in the ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Jan 15»

Senegal's Moussa Sow claims last-gasp win over Ghana in group …

Senegal's Moussa Sow scores the winner against Ghana at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea. Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images. «The Guardian, Jan 15»