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 of sow bestrew, dot, pepper, scatter, spot, spray, sprinkle, strewWords Related to sow 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 of sow drill, put in, seed, plantWords Related to sow bed; replant, transplant; broadcast, scatter; pot; overseed, reseedNear Antonyms of sow 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 of sow breed, enroot, inculcate, infix, inseminate, instill, plant, implantWords Related to sow drive, hammer, pound; embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), fix, lodge, root; imbue, infuse, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse