sow

sow

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sow¹ /səʊ $ soʊ/ verb (past tense sowed, past participle sown /səʊn $ soʊn/ or sowed)1. [intransitive and transitive] to plant or scatter seeds on a piece of ground:
    Sow the seeds in late March.
    sow something with something
    These fields used to be sown with oats.
2. [transitive] to do something that will cause a bad situation in the future:
    repressive laws that are sowing the seeds of future conflicts
    sow doubt/confusion/dissatisfaction etc
    an attempt to sow doubt among the jury members
3. sow your wild oats if a man sows his wild oats, he has sex with many different women, especially when he is young
—sower noun [countable]

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sow² /saʊ/ noun [countable]a fully grown female pig ⇨ boar