Sower

sow ¹  (s)

v. sowed, sown (sn) or sowed, sow·ing, sows

v.tr.

1. To scatter (seed) over the ground for growing.

2. To spread (land, for example) with seed.

3. To strew something around or over (an area); distribute something over.

4. To propagate; disseminate: sow rumors.

v.intr.

To scatter seed for growing.

Idiom:

sow (one's) oats/wild oats

To indulge in dissolute or licentious behavior, especially to be sexually promiscuous, when young. Usually used of men.

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[Middle English sowen, from Old English swan; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

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sower n.

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sow ²  (sou)

n.

1.

a. An adult female hog.

b. The adult female of several other animals, such as the bear.

2.

a. A channel that conducts molten iron to the molds in a pig bed.

b. The mass of metal solidified in such a channel or mold.

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[Middle English, from Old English sugu and Old English s; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sower - someone who sows farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster - a person who operates a farm