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Meaning of sow in English

sow
verb
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/səʊ/ us
/soʊ/
sowed | sown or sowed

sow verb (PLANT)

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C1 [ I or T ]
to put seeds in or on the ground so that plants will grow:
Sow the seeds in pots.
We'll sow this field with barley.
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sow verb (CAUSE)

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to cause a bad emotion or condition to begin somewhere so that it will grow or continue:
Now that you've sown doubts in my mind, I'll never be sure I can trust him.
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Idioms

as ye sow, so shall ye reap
sow your wild oats
sow the seeds of something
sow
noun [ C ]
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/saʊ/ us
/saʊ/
an adult female pig
 
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(Definition of sow from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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sow
verb [ I/T ]
us
/soʊ/
past tense sowed | past participle sown us/soʊn/ sowed
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to put seeds in the ground so that plants will grow:
[ T ] Settlers sowed the seeds they had brought with them.
sow
noun [ C ]
us
/sɑʊ/
an adult female pig
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As a simplified representation of the farm labour force, the farmer carries out tasks on both sows and batches.
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Real-time measures of canopy size as a basis for spatially varying nitrogen applications to winter wheat sown at different seed rates.
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Similarly, in 1995 successive delays in sowing caused dramatic yield declines, and the maximum yield was much lower, at 0.44 t ha71.
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Both groups were sowed in plastic trays (37 x 28 cm) containing regularly moistened vermiculite.
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Farmers do not follow standard agronomic practices, and plant at varied population densities and sowing dates.
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Variation in soil temperatures accounted for 96 and 99 % of the variation in tuber yield at varied population densities and sowing dates, respectively.
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Plots were mechanically sown on ridges in a randomized complete block design with three replications (rainy season) and five replications (dry season).
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Of the 44 villages that received seed in 1996, 28 were visited and all of them had sown the seed.
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The sows are assigned to the following pools : replacement gilts, batches and culled sows.
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A statistical comparison of means indicated that the mean and the amplitude of variation in the number of sows culled reached equilibrium after eight cycles.
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There were no significant differences between the blocks sown on different dates.
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Spring wheat was sown on several successive dates.
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Scenarios of two cultivars sown with two seed sizes are presented.
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The resprouts were cut and incorporated at the time of maize sowing each season and again five weeks later.
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Application of compost to the maize crop was mostly done during sowing or just before land preparation.
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Translations of sow

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種植, 播種，種, 起因…
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种植, 播种，种, 引起…
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sembrar, cerda, puerca…
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पेरणे, बियाणे जमिनीत किंवा जमिनीवर टाकणे जेणेकरून रोपे रूजतील…
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sembrar…
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så, plante, tilplante…
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menyemai, babi betina…
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säen, besäen, die Sau…
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сіяти, насаджувати, засівати…
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విత్తు / మొక్కలు పెరగడం కోసం విత్తనాలను భూమిలో లేదా నేలపై పెట్టు…
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หว่าน, เพาะเมล็ดพันธุ์พืช, สุกรตัวเมีย…
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