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   sow

   /səʊ/

   verb

   • 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" Similar scatterspreadbroadcastdispersestrewdisseminatedistributedrilldibbleput in the groundliterary:bestrew
   • ▪ 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" Similar plantseedreseed
   • ▪ be thickly covered with: "the night sky was sown with stars"
   • ▪ lay or plant (an explosive mine) or cover (territory) with mines: "the field had both British and German mines sown in it"
   • 2. disseminate or introduce (something undesirable): "the new policy has sown confusion and doubt" Similar causebring aboutoccasioncreategive rise tolead toproduceengendergenerateinduceinviteimplantplantlodgepromptevokeelicitinitiateprecipitateinstigatetriggerspark offprovokeend inculminate infinish interminate ininvolvemeanentailnecessitatepromotefosterfomentformal:redound toliterary:beget

   Word Origin Old Englishsāwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaaien and German säen.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sower noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   • O

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   • W

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