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# sow

«sow» in Mova's school dictionary: **To plant seeds in the ground** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (sow, sows, sowed, sown/sowed, sowing) — rhymes with «go»; noun (a sow, sows) — rhymes with «cow»

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb, rhymes with go) To plant seeds in the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sow/#m1)

2) (verb) To cause something to start or spread: sow doubt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sow/#m2)

3) (noun, rhymes with cow) An adult female pig. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sow/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and gardening lessons, children sow seeds and watch them grow. On farms, the sow has piglets. Saying: «You reap what you sow» means what you do comes back to you. Phrases: sow seeds, sow the seeds of, reap what you sow.

### examples

- We sowed sunflower seeds in pots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sow/#x1)
- Farmers sow wheat in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sow/#x2)
- The sow had ten piglets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sow/#x3)
- Sow the seeds 2 cm apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sow/#x4)
- His lies sowed doubt in our minds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sow/#x5)
- You reap what you sow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sow/#x6)
- "Who sowed this sort of corn?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sow/#x7)

### note

Two words spelled the same: sow (plant, said «so») and sow (pig, said «sau»). Homophones: sow/sew/so. Past participle: sown («the seeds are sown»). Maths: «sow 5 seeds in each of 8 rows» means 5 × 8 = 40.

### In the corpora

- [In autumn farmers plough and sow winter wheat or barley, and gulls and rooks follow the plough to snatch worms and grubs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding/15/)
- ["A man reaps what he sows" (Galatians 6:7): skipped reading leaves gaps you trip over later.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/14/)
- [And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.745/)
- [Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1565/)
- [And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the increase thereof;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.657/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.