English-Thai Dictionary

sow

N สุกร ตัวเมีย  su-kon-tua-mia

 

sow

VI หว่าน เมล็ด พืช  seed plant disseminate wan-ma-led-phud

 

sow

VT ทำให้ แพร่หลาย  tam-hai-pare-lai

 

sow

VT หว่าน เมล็ด พืช  seed plant disseminate wan-ma-led-phud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOW

n. 1. The female of the hog kind or of swine.
2. An oblong piece of lead.
3. An insect; a milleped.

 

SOW

v.t. pret.sowed; pp. sowed or sown. [L. sevi. This word is probably contracted. ] 1. To scatter on ground, for the purpose growth and the production of a crop; as, to sow good seed; to sow a bushel of wheat or rye to the acre; to sow oats, clover or barley; to sow seed in drills, or to sow it broad cast. Oats and flax should be sown early in the spring.
2. To scatter seed over for growth; as, to sow ground or land; to sow ten or a hundred acres in a year.
3. To spread or to originate; to propagate; as, to sow discord. Born to afflict my Marcia's family, and sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.
4. To supply or stock with seed. The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles.
5. To scatter over; to besprinkle. He sow'd with stars the heaven. Morn now sow'd the earth with orient pearl.

 

SOW

v.i.To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop. In New England, farmers begin to sow in April. They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. Psalm 126:5.

 

SOW

for sew, is not in use. [See Sew. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOW

SOW Sow, v. i.

 

Defn: To sew. See Sew. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

SOW

Sow, n. Etym: [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to su, D. zog, zeug, OHG. su, G. sau, Icel. syr, Dan. so, Sw. sugga, so, L. sus. Gr. "y ^s, sy ^s, Zend. hu boar; probably from the root seen in Skr. su to beget, to bear; the animal being named in allusion to its fecundity. sq. root294. Cf. Hyena, Soil to stain, Son, Swine. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The female of swine, or of the hog kind.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A sow bug.

 

3. (Metal. ) (a ) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed. (b ) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner. (c ) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.

 

4. (Mil. )

 

Defn: 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. Craig. Sow bread. (Bot. ) See Cyclamen. -- Sow bug, or Sowbug (Zoöl.), 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. -- Sow thistle Etym: [AS. sugepistel ] (Bot. ), a composite plant (Sonchus oleraceus ) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals.

 

SOW

Sow, v. t. [imp. Sowed; p. p. Sown or Sowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sowing. ]Etym: [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. sawan; akin to OFries. s, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. sajan, G. säen, Icel. sa, Sw. så, Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith. seti, Russ. sieiate, L. serere, sevi. Cf. Saturday, Season, Seed, Seminary. ]

 

1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. "He would sow some difficulty. " Chaucer. A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside. Matt. xiii. 3, 4. And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers. Addison.

 

2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle. The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, ... and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. Sir M. Hale. [He ] sowed with stars the heaven. Milton. Now morn. .. sowed the earth with orient pearl. Milton.

 

SOW

SOW Sow, v. i.

 

Defn: To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively. They that sow in tears shall reap in joi. Ps. cxxvi. 5.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sow

sow 1 |sō səʊ | ▶verb ( past sowed ; past participle sown |sōn | or sowed ) [ with obj. ] plant (seed ) by scattering it on or in the earth: sow a thin layer of seeds on top. • plant the seeds of (a plant or crop ): the corn had just been sown. • plant (a piece of land ) with seed: the field used to be sown with oats. • (be sown with ) be thickly covered with: we walked through a valley sown with boulders. • cause to appear or spread: the new policy has sown confusion and doubt. PHRASES sow the seeds (or seed ) of do something that will eventually bring about (a particular result, esp. a disastrous one ): the seeds of dissension had been sown. DERIVATIVES sow er noun ORIGIN Old English sāwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaaien and German säen .

 

sow

sow 2 |sou saʊ | ▶noun 1 an adult female pig, esp. one that has farrowed. • the female of certain other mammals, e.g., the guinea pig. 2 a large block of metal (larger than a “pig ”) made by smelting. ORIGIN Old English sugu; related to Dutch zeug, German Sau, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sus and Greek hus ‘pig. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

sow

sow 1 |səʊ | ▶verb ( past sowed |səʊd |; past participle sown |səʊn | or sowed ) [ with obj. ] 1 plant (seed ) by scattering it on or in the earth: fill a pot with compost and sow a thin layer of seeds on top. • plant the seeds of (a plant or crop ): catch crops should be sown after minimal cultivation. • plant (a piece of land ) with seed: the field used to be sown with oats. • (be sown with ) be thickly covered with: the night sky was sown with stars. • lay or plant (an explosive mine ) or cover (territory ) with mines. 2 disseminate or introduce (something undesirable ): the new policy has sown confusion and doubt. PHRASES sow the seed (or seeds ) of do something which will eventually bring about (a particular result ): the seeds of dissension had been sown. sow one's wild oats see oat. DERIVATIVES sower noun ORIGIN Old English sāwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaaien and German säen .

 

sow

sow 2 |saʊ | ▶noun 1 an adult female pig, especially one which has farrowed. • the female of certain other mammals, e.g. the guinea pig. 2 a large block of metal (larger than a ‘pig ’) made by smelting. PHRASES you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear proverb you can't create a fine product from inferior materials. ORIGIN Old English sugu; related to Dutch zeug, German Sau, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sus and Greek hus ‘pig ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sow

sow verb 1 sow the seeds in rows: plant, scatter, spread, disperse, strew, disseminate, distribute, broadcast; drill, seed. 2 the new policy has sown confusion: cause, bring about, occasion, create, lead to, produce, spread, engender, generate, prompt, initiate, precipitate, trigger, provoke; culminate in, entail, necessitate; foster, foment; literary beget.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sow

sow verb 1 sow the seeds in rows 30cm apart: scatter, spread, broadcast, disperse, strew, disseminate, distribute; drill, dibble, put in the ground; literary bestrew. 2 large fields were sown with only cabbages or asparagus: plant, seed, reseed. 3 the new policy has sown confusion and doubt: cause, bring about, occasion, create, give rise to, lead to, produce, engender, generate, induce, invite, implant, plant, lodge, prompt, evoke, elicit, initiate, precipitate, instigate, trigger, spark off, provoke; end in, culminate in, finish in, terminate in, involve, mean, entail, necessitate; promote, foster, foment; formal redound to; literary beget.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sow

sow 1 /soʊ / (! so, sewと同音 ) 〖seed (種 )と同源 〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～n /-n /, ～ed ; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈人が 〉【畑などに 】〈種 〉をまく, 〈球根など 〉を植え付ける ; 〈作物 草木 〉の種をまく «in , on , over » ; 〈人が 〉【種などを 】〈畑など 〉にまく «with » ▸ sow wheat in the field ≒sow the field with wheat 畑に小麦の種をまく ▸ You reap what you sow .｟ことわざ ｠まいた種は刈らねばならない ; 「自業自得 」(≒As you sow, so shall you reap. ).2 〈人 物事が 〉〈不快な感情 状況など 〉の種をまく ; 〈不信感 疑いなど 〉を植え付ける , 広める ; 〈紛争など 〉を引き起こす ▸ sow doubt [discontent ] in his mind 彼の心に不信感 [不満 ]を芽生えさせる 3 〖通例be ～n /～ed 〗 «…が » ちりばめられる «with » ▸ a little gold box sown with diamonds ダイヤのちりばめられた金の小箱 4 〘軍 〙〈地雷など 〉を埋める 自動詞 種をまく ; ｟比喩的に ｠(物事の )種をまく .

 

sow

sow 2 /saʊ /名詞 1 C 雌ブタ (→pig 関連 ); (クマなどの )雌 .2 大鋳型 ; ソー 〘高炉から銑鉄を流す湯溝 〙.(as ) dr ù nk as a s ó w 泥酔して .g è t [h à ve, t à ke ] the wr ó ng s ò w by the é ar 間違った人 [物 ]を捕える ; おかど違いの人を責める ; 間違った考え方をする .