From en.wiktionary.org:
[SOW]
** Translingual
*** Symbol
[mul-symbol]
1. [3]
*** See also
- [[pagename]]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], probably from [en], from
[ine-pro].
See also [fy], [nl], [nds], [de], [sv], [no]; also [cy], [sa]; also [da],
[de], [la], [txb], [grc], [sq], [ae]. See also [en]. [en].
**** Alternative forms
- [dial.] [en]
**** Pronunciation
- [sou]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Noun
[s]
1. A female pig .
2. A female bear , she-bear .
3. * [en]
4. A female guinea pig .
5. A channel that conducts molten metal to mold s.
6. A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
7. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1957 | author=H.R. Schubert | title=History of the British Iron and Steel Industry | page=160
|passage=In England, it was generally termed a 'SOW', if the weight was above
10 cwts., if below, it was termed a 'pig' from which the present term 'pig
iron' is derived.}}
1. [en] A contemptible , often fat woman.
2. A sowbug .
3. [en] A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besieger s in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
***** Synonyms
- [mass of metal solidified in a mold] [en]
- [contemptible woman] [en] , [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[female pig]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy] , [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Bats: [bbl]
- Bikol Central: [bcl]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Egyptian: [rrt]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Farefare: [gur]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingrian: [izh] , [izh]
- Ingush: [inh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix] , [kix]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Low German: [nds]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi]
- Middle High German: [gmh]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc]
- Old English: [ang]
- Old High German: [goh]
- Old Norse: [non]
- Old Saxon: [osx]
- Ossetian: [os] [Iron] , [os] [Digor]
- Persian: [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Punjabi: [pa]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro] , [popular] [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Sardinian: [sc] , [sc] , [sc]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] , [scn]
- Sinhalese: [si]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] ,
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tarifit: [rif]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Udi: [udi]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Venetan: [vec] , [vec] , [vec] , [vec] , [vec] , [vec] , [vec] , [vec]
- Vilamovian: [wym]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Vurës: [msn]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[female bear]
[channel that conducts molten metal to molds]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[mass of metal solidified in a mold]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[contemptible woman]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Greek: [el]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Persian: [fa]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
- [en]
- [en] < !--in the "iron" sense-->
*** Etymology 2
[en] [en] From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en]. Compare
[nl], [de], [da], [nb].
**** Pronunciation
- [sou]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Verb
[n]
1. [en] To scatter , disperse , or plant ( seed s).
2. [en] To spread abroad; to propagate . (usu. negative connotation)
3. * [Job]
4. * [1]
5. * [en]
6. * [en-GB]
7. [en] To scatter over; to besprinkle .
8. * [passage=The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, [...] and it is the worst husbandry in the world to SOW it with trifles.]
9. * [book=7]
10. [en] .
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en |as you sow, so shall you reap |besow |intersow |oversow |reap what
one sows |self-sown |sower |sown |sow one's wild oats|sow one's oats|sow wild
oats |sow the seeds of |sow the wind, reap the whirlwind |sow dragon's
teeth|}}
***** Translations
[disperse seeds]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Asturian: [ast] , [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Ilocano: [ilo]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latgalian: [ltg] , [ltg]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Livonian: [liv]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maguindanao: [mdh]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Maori: [mi]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Mirandese: [mwl] , [mwl]
- Norman: [nrf] [Guernsey] , [nrf] [Jersey] , [nrf] [Jersey]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old Church Slavonic: [cu]
- Old English: [ang]
- Oromo: [om]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Quechua: [qu]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm] , [rm] , [rm]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sardinian: [sc] , [sc] , [sc]
- Scots: [sco]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shan: [shn]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [rare]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Unami: [unm]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Yakut: [sah]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Záparo: [zro]
- Zazaki: [zza]
- Zhuang: [za]
[trans-bottom] [spread about, propagate]
- Japanese: [ja]
[trans-bottom] [scatter]
- Japanese: [ja]
[trans-bottom]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]
** Middle English
*** Etymology 1
**** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[enm]
1. [enm]