sow  /s'ɑʊ/  /s'o/

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  sow
  母豬(vt.)播種,散佈,使密布(vi.)播種

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Sow \Sow\, v. t. [imp. {Sowed}; p. p. {Sown}or {Sowed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Sowing}.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. s[=a]wan; akin to
     OFries. s?a, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. s[=a]jan, G. s["a]en,
     Icel. s[=a], Sw. s[*a], Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith.
     s[=e]ti, 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.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Sow \Sow\, v. i.
     To sew. See {Sew}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Sow \Sow\, n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to s[=u], D. zog,
     zeug, OHG. s[=u], G. sau, Icel. s[=y]r, Dan. so, Sw. sugga,
     so, L. sus. Gr. "y^s, sy^s, Zend. hu boar; probably from the
     root seen in Skr. s[=u] to beget, to bear; the animal being
     named in allusion to its fecundity. [root]294. Cf. {Hyena},
     {Soil} to stain, {Son}, {Swine}.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous
        species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to {Oniscus},
        {Porcellio}, and allied genera of the family
        {Oniscid[ae]}. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable
        substances.
  
     {Sow thistle} [AS. sugepistel] (Bot.), a composite plant
        ({Sonchus oleraceus}) said to be eaten by swine and some
        other animals.

資料來源(5): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Sow \Sow\, v. i.
     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.

資料來源(6): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  sow
       n : an adult female hog
       v 1: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She
            sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: {sough}, {seed}]
       2: introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"
          [syn: {sough}]
       3: place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with
          sunflower seeds" [syn: {inseminate}, {sow in}]
       [also: {sown}]