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Verb: sow (sowed,sown)  sow
  1. Place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
    "She sowed sunflower seeds"
    - seed
     
  2. Introduce into an environment
    "sow suspicion or beliefs"
     
  3. Place seeds in or on (the ground)
    "sow the ground with sunflower seeds"; "sow in the ground with sunflower seeds"
    - inseminate, sow in
Noun: sow  saw
  1. An adult female hog

Sounds like: sew, so or sough

Derived forms: sows, sowed, sowing, sown

See also: sower

Type of: broadcast, circularise [Brit], circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, lay, pass around, place, pose, position, propagate, put, set, spread, swine

Encyclopedia: Sow