sow
Signification (English)
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- A female pig.
- A female bear, she-bear.
- A female guinea pig.
- A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
- A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
- (slang) A contemptible, often fat woman.
- A sowbug.
- 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.
Concepts
Synonyms
female pig
scatter seeds
sow seeds
sow in
scatter about
spread around
culture germs
scatter the seed
iron runner
hearth accretion
wall accretion
sow broadcast
furnace accretion
old horse
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/saʊ/
Étymologie (English)
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 German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor.
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