Sow
31sow — The Oxford English Dictionary has a number of quotations showing ‘sow’ being used vocatively as a term of abuse for a fat, lazy woman. In Kes, by Barry Hines, it is used by a young boy to his brother, who is in a drunken sleep at the time:… …
32sow — 1. noun /saʊ/ a) A female pig. In England, it was generally termed a sow, if the weight was above 10 cwts., if below, it was termed a pig from which the present term pig iron is derived. b) A channel that conducts molten metal to molds …
33sow — sew, sow verbs. Sew means ‘to form stitches with a needle and thread’ and has the past form sewed and the past participle sewn or sewed. Sow means ‘to plant (seed)’ and has the past form sowed and the past participle sown or sowed …
34sow — 1. v.tr. (past sowed; past part. sown or sowed) 1 (also absol.) a scatter (seed) on or in the earth. b (often foll. by with) plant (a field etc.) with seed. 2 initiate; arouse (sowed doubt in her mind). 3 (foll. by with) cover thickly with.… …
35sow — Synonyms and related words: Partlet, barrow, bed, bestrew, biddy, bitch, boar, bossy, broadcast, brood mare, bullion, button, cast, casting, circumfuse, cow, deal out, dibble, diffract, diffuse, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate,… …
36sow — v. a. RG. 499; ‘to sow of one’s land.’ RG. 496; pret. ‘sewe.’ RG. 29; part. ‘isowe.’ O. and N. 1127 …
37sow — verb 1) sow the seeds in rows Syn: plant, scatter, spread, disperse, strew, disseminate, distribute, broadcast; drill, seed 2) the new policy has sown confusion Syn: cause, bring abo …
38sow — v 1. scatter, disperse, strew, bestrew; broadcast, disseminate, spread, circulate, distribute, propagate; publicize, make known, give out, pass the word around, blaze about, hawk, rumor. bruit. 2. foment, sow the seeds of, provoke, incite,… …
39sow — [səʊ] (past participle sown [səʊn] sowed; [səʊd] ) verb [T] I to plant seeds in the ground II noun [C] sow [saʊ] an adult female pig …
40sow — 1. Pig. Pua a wahine. ♦ Old sow, kolo u a, pua a kumulau. 2. Scatter. Lū, nū, lūlū, ho ohelele i …
