sow

sow

verb

Definition of SOW

1

to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on <sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer>

Synonyms bestrew, dot, pepper, sow, spot, spray, sprinkle, strew

Related Words blanket, drizzle, dust; stud; dapple, fleck, speckle, stipple; bespatter, spatter

2

to put or set into the ground to grow <first sow the seeds in potting soil>

Synonyms drill, put in, seed, sow

Related Words bed; replant, transplant; broadcast, scatter; pot; overseed, reseed

Near Antonyms gather, harvest, reap

3

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set <a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife>

Synonyms breed, enroot, inculcate, infix, inseminate, instill, plant, sow

Related Words drive, hammer, pound; embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), fix, lodge, root; imbue, infuse, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse