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sowing
Overview of verb sow
The verb sow has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) sow, sough, seed -- (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds")
2. (1) sow, sough -- (introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs")
3. inseminate, sow, sow in -- (place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds")
Antonyms of verb sow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sow
3 senses of sow
Sense 1
sow, sough, seed
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Sense 2
sow, sough
=> circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
=> publicize, publicise, air, bare
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
inseminate, sow, sow in
=> sow, sough, seed
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sow
1 of 3 senses of sow
Sense 1
sow, sough, seed
=> broadcast
=> inseminate, sow, sow in
=> scatter
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sow
3 senses of sow
Sense 1
sow, sough, seed
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sense 2
sow, sough
=> circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
Sense 3
inseminate, sow, sow in
=> sow, sough, seed
'Cause To' of verb sow
Derived Forms of verb sow
3 senses of sow
Sense 1
sow, sough, seed
RELATED TO>(noun) sower#1
=> sower
Sense 2
sow, sough
RELATED TO>(noun) sower#1
=> sower
Sense 3
inseminate, sow, sow in
RELATED TO>(noun) sower#1
=> sower
Domain of verb sow
2 of 3 senses of sow
Sense 1
sow, sough, seed
TOPIC>(noun) farming#1, agriculture#2, husbandry#1
Sense 3
inseminate, sow, sow in
TOPIC>(noun) farming#1, agriculture#2, husbandry#1
Domain Terms of verb sow
Familiarity of verb sow
sow used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb sow
3 senses of sow
Sense 1
sow, sough, seed
EX: They sow rye in the field
Sense 2
sow, sough
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
inseminate, sow, sow in
EX: They sow the field with rye
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sow
3 senses of sow
Sense 1
sow, sough, seed
> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
=> docket
=> cock
=> postpose
=> prepose
=> step
=> replace, put back
=> stratify
=> plant
=> intersperse
=> nestle, snuggle
=> pile
=> arrange, set up
=> superimpose, superpose, lay over
=> superpose
=> park
=> ensconce, settle
=> emplace
=> emplace
=> ship
=> underlay
=> trench
=> pigeonhole
=> shelve
=> jar
=> repose
=> stick, put forward
=> sign
=> middle
=> parallelize
=> butt
=> recess
=> reposition
=> throw, thrust
=> tee, tee up
=> rack up
=> coffin
=> bed
=> appose
=> set down, put down, place down
=> sow, sough, seed
=> misplace
=> juxtapose
=> set down
=> bottle
=> bucket
=> barrel
=> ground
=> pillow, rest
=> misplace, mislay, lose
=> upend
=> seat, sit, sit down
=> lay, put down, repose
=> stand, stand up, place upright
=> recline
=> plant, set
=> install, instal, put in, set up
=> situate, fix, posit, deposit
=> ladle
=> poise
=> lean
=> clap
=> rest
=> perch
=> load
=> cram
=> set
=> siphon
=> position
=> glycerolize, glycerolise
=> space
=> marshal
=> settle, settle down
=> throw
=> imbricate
Sense 2
sow, sough
> circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
=> sow, sough
=> popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
=> carry, run
Sense 3
inseminate, sow, sow in
> sow, sough, seed
=> broadcast
=> inseminate, sow, sow in
=> scatter
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sow
Sense 1
sow, sough, seed
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sense 3
inseminate, sow, sow in
=> sow, sough, seed
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Sense 2
sow, sough
=> circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
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Grep of verb sow
sow
sow in
sow one's oats
sow one's wild oats
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