or sowed; sowing
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Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
The researchers next transferred 1,820 pig embryos with human cells into sow surrogates.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
Fish and Game killed the sow on Tuesday, according to Dave Battle, an Anchorage area wildlife biologist with the agency.
—Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
Pigs played in the muck; sows rested in shaded bedding.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
Heisel realized the sow was caught in a trap set up nearby.
—Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
Under the rule, pigs must be born to sows housed in spaces that provide at least 24 square feet per sow.
—Julie Creswell, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
The cub’s sibling had severe injuries from the fire and was put down, the conservation office said, while the sow is believed to have died in the fire.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 2 Sep. 2023
But Proposition 12, passed by nearly 63 percent of Californians in 2018, went beyond that parameter, banning the sale of products derived from sows that are not allowed at least 24 square feet of space — regardless of where the sows are raised.
—Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
For instance, Boric is accused, as Allende was, of dividing the country and sowing hatred.
—Sam Needleman, The New York Review of Books, 2 Sep. 2023
Korine has sowed the seeds for an epic boss battle between Bo and this terrifying creature, which seems more beast than man.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023
Twelve years later, Syria is divided into fragmented spheres of influence and in the throes of economic collapse — which has sown widespread misery superseding even that of the ongoing flare-ups of violence.
—Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
But living abroad in countries that were rich in natural beauty but otherwise poor also helped sow the seeds of Smith’s ultimate underlying mission for the gear maker.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
The company’s first forest was planted on a dumping ground alongside the Beirut River in Lebanon; others were sown later near a power plant in the country’s most polluted city and in several playgrounds badly damaged by the 2020 blast at Beirut’s port.
—Cara Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
These annuals are all easy to grow from seed and can be sown directly in the garden.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, ELLE Decor, 22 Aug. 2023
For a fall crop, sow in midsummer in the Upper and Middle South and in August or September in the Lower South.
—Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Noun
Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu; akin to Old English & Old High German sū sow, Latin sus pig, swine, hog, Greek hys
Verb
Middle English, from Old English sāwan; akin to Old High German sāwen to sow, Latin serere, Lithuanian sėti
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
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“Sow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sow. Accessed 29 Sep. 2023.
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or sowed; sowing
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