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noun. An adult female pig, especially one that has had at least one litter.

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

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

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

intransitive verb. To scatter (seed) over the ground for growing.

intransitive verb. To scatter seed over (land, for example).

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

intransitive verb. To propagate; disseminate.

intransitive verb. To scatter seed for growing.

idiom. (oats/wild oats) To indulge in sexually promiscuous or dissolute behavior, especially as a young adult.

An obsolete spelling of sew.

noun. In metallurgy: Same as bear, 7.

noun. An adult female hog; the female of swine.

noun. A sow-bug.

noun. In metallurgy, the metal which has solidified in the common channel or feeder through which the molten iron flows from the blast-furnace into a series of parallel grooves or furrows, which are the “pigs” appertaining to the sow, and the iron from which bears the name of pigiron, or simply pig: used also of other metals.

noun. A military engine consisting of a movable roof arranged to protect men handling a battering-ram. Compare vinea, also cat and cat-castle.

Female: applied to fish: as, a sow hake. See sow fish, under fish.

To scatter, as seed upon the earth, for the purpose of growth; plant by strewing.

To scatter seed over for growth; supply or stock with seed.

To scatter over; besprinkle; spangle: as, a velvet pall sown with golden bees.

To spread abroad; cause to extend; disseminate; propagate: as, to sow discord.

To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop.

intransitive verb. To sew. See sew.

intransitive verb. To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.

transitive verb. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.

transitive verb. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.

noun. The female of swine, or of the hog kind.

noun. A sow bug.

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noun. A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.

noun. The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.

noun. A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.

noun. A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.

noun. See Cyclamen.

noun. any one of numerous species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to Oniscus, Porcellio, and allied genera of the family Oniscidæ. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable substances.

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noun. a composite plant (Sonchus oleraceus) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals.

verb. To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).

noun. A female pig.

noun. A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.

noun. A mass of metal solidified in a mold.

noun. A contemptible woman.

noun. an adult female hog

verb. place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

verb. place seeds in or on (the ground)

verb. introduce into an environment

"Boars are usually rank and sows are usually thin from nursing pigs. a fat sow is usually pregnant and good eating too."

old sow  scatter  to have hemp-seed sown for one  to sow one's wild oats  wrong) sow by the ear  

sowbug  

reap what one sows  sow the wind, reap the whirlwind  

broadcast  circularise  circularize  circulate  diffuse  

Au  Beau  Bilbao  Bio  Bo  

boar  bushel  cultivation  goat  hare  

Partlet  barrow  bed  besprinkle  bestrew  

sew  sown  

sew  sowed  sowing  sown  sows