sow

Betekenis (English)

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. (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. To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
2. To spread abroad; to propagate.
3. To scatter over; to besprinkle.
4. (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of sew.

Concepten

zaaien

zeug

keu

uitzaaien

inzaaien

trui

bezaaien

poten

greineren

beplanten

🌱

gieteling

planten

🌱

verspreiden

geus

aanplanten

🌱

Synonyms

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

okay

old horse

plough

pour

publish

put

put forward

rain

🌧️

remove

set apart

skull

💀

sowing

sows

spray

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/saʊ/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: sowe

Inherited from Oudengels: sugu

Cognate with Fries: sûch

Cognate with Nederlands: zeug

Cognate with Nedersaksisch: Söög

Cognate with Duits: Sau

Cognate with Zweeds: sugga

Cognate with Noors: sugge

Cognate with Welsh: hwch

Cognate with Sanskriet: सूकर

Cognate with Latijn: sūs

Cognate with Tokharian B: suwo

Cognate with Oudgrieks: ὗς

Cognate with Albanees: thi

Cognate with Avestisch: 𐬵𐬏

Inherited from Middelengels: sowen

Inherited from Oudengels: sāwan

Cognate with Nederlands: zaaien

Cognate with Duits: säen

Cognate with Deens: så

Cognate with Noors - Bokmål: 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 German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor.