to sow
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1.8
- verb
- /soʊ/
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- At dawn, we plowed the fields and sowed corn, sorghum, and groundnuts.
- sow seeds
- sow and reap
- sow crops
You could even winter sow things like Peppers, tomatoes.
- You could even winter sow things like Peppers, tomatoes.
- You're out there living you out there sowing seeds, you know, you out there John Deere and, you know, digging holes in that dirt.
- We often sow our seeds before the fruit is sprung, but we assume that it is just in the nature of the seeds to bear fruit.
- So staying on top of succession sowing those.
Examples
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If we want to sow oats in time for harvest, we must hurry.
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Every year before the ancient Greeks sowed their seeds of grain, they celebrated Demeter, the goddess of agriculture.
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It's October in Central Florida, that means it's go time to sow those cool weather loving crops.
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Now when you multi sow, you can grow in clusters.
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As you see here, we're sowing our seeds very close together.
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My dad worked on the land; he would sow corn and rice in rented lands.
Fiction book (1994) -
Low-till practices are currently being used in Asia to sow wheat after a rice harvest.
Academic text (2001) -
In the savanna, farmers sow upland rice in June or July.
Academic text (2009) -
If you want to have peas in the middle of the summer to eat, you got to sow those peas into the ground by Saint Patrick's Day.
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In early spring, we need to sow the vegetable seeds in the garden for a bountiful harvest.
Synonyms
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1.0
To put seeds or young plants into the soil so they grow
4
1.3
To put seeds in the ground to grow plants
3
4.5
To scatter seeds widely over the ground
1
3.4
To put seeds in the ground so they can grow
1
2.2
To plant seeds in the ground so they can grow
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8.2
Put seeds in the ground so they grow
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Etymology
The verb sow comes from an old word that meant 'to plant seeds', like the word seed, so to sow is to put seeds in the ground and help them grow.