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sow

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1
as in to spray
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

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2
as in to seed
to put or set into the ground to grow first sow the seeds in potting soil

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3
as in to plant
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife

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“Sow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sow. Accessed 1 Dec. 2022.

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