Definition of sow

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Sow (v. i.) To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.

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Sown :: Sown (p. p.) of So.
Cassowary :: Cassowary (n.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc..
Pauxi :: Pauxi (n.) A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often domesticated..
Sow :: Sow (n.) 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..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
Disown :: Disown (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
Drilling :: Drilling (n.) The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
Drill :: Drill (v. i.) To sow in drills.
Sowens :: Sowens (n. pl.) A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called flummery in England..
Curassow :: Curassow (n.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidae..
Hocco :: Hocco (n.) The crested curassow; -- called also royal pheasant. See Curassow.
Disownment :: Disownment (n.) Act of disowning.
Sow :: Sow (n.) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.
Sowl :: Sowl (v. i.) See Soul, v. i..
Brevipennate :: Brevipennate (a.) Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu..
Seed :: Seed (v. t.) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field..
Broadcast :: Broadcast (a.) Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused..
Sow :: Sow (v. i.) To sew. See Sew.
Renege :: Renege (v. t.) To deny; to disown.
Sative :: Sative (a.) Sown; propagated by seed.
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