sow

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A female pig.
2. A female bear, she-bear.
3. A female guinea pig.
4. A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
5. A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
6. (derogatory, slang) A contemptible, often fat woman.
7. A sowbug.
8. 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, etc.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
2. (figuratively) To spread abroad; to propagate. (usu. negative connotation)
3. (figuratively) To scatter over; to besprinkle.
4. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of sew.

Sinonieme

plant

🌱

scatter

seed

female pig

spread

sprinkle

pig

🐖

disseminate

strew

cultivate

throw

scatter seeds

sow seeds

inseminate

spread out

swine

disperse

hog

sow in

pepper

salamander

separate

sough

broadcast

propagate

termite

transplant

white ant

pour down

scatter about

culture

spread around

culture germs

scatter the seed

iron runner

hearth accretion

wall accretion

sow broadcast

boar

🐗

furnace accretion

bury

cast

cast aside

divide

drop

garden

grow

implant

make known

oaf

Vertalings

semer

sembrar

🌱

truie

seminare

säen

Sau

cerda

zaaien

zeug

semear

scrofa

puerca

cochina

troia

porca

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/saʊ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: sowe

Geërf van Old English: sugu

Verwante met Fries: sûch

Verwante met Nederlands: zeug

Verwante met Nederduits: Söög

Verwante met Duits: Sau

Verwante met Sweeds: sugga

Verwante met Noors: sugge

Verwante met Wallies: hwch

Verwante met Sanskrit: सूकर

Verwante met Latyn: sūs

Verwante met Tokharian B: suwo

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: ὗς

Verwante met Albanees: thi

Verwante met Avestan: 𐬵𐬏

Geërf van Middle English: sowen

Geërf van Old English: sāwan

Verwante met Nederlands: zaaien

Verwante met Duits: säen

Verwante met Deens: så

Verwante met Boeknoors: så

In summary

From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *su(H)kéh₂, from *suH- (“pig”).
See also West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge; also Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit सूकर (sūkará, “swine, boar”); also Danish so, German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor.