sow
sow
- n an adult female hog
- v place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
She sowed sunflower seeds - v introduce into an environment
sow suspicion or beliefs - v place seeds in or on (the ground)
sow the ground with sunflower seeds
- The average sow has only eight or ten teats (some of which may not be functioning), and she often farrows as many as 16 pigs.
- Some were targeted by terrorists determined to sow chaos into post-Saddam Iraq; others were victims of a murderous campaign by Shi'ite death squads against former members of Saddam .
- A huge bronze sow, so lifelike that it seemed to snuffle, was set up at Leuenberg, last week, upon an imposing pediment.