SOWED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

sowed

verb

past tense of sow

as in sprayed

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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as in planted

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

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as in bred

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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Recent Examples of sowed In the reception area, amid meandering pools and rock walls sowed with cascading ferns, staff members taught guests how to weave coconut fronds into sun hats and fans. — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026 But Cepeda and Petro on Sunday night sowed doubt in the result and claimed — so far without evidence — that hundreds of thousands of votes were manipulated and that foreign actors interfered with the result. — Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 Cepeda, too, sowed doubt about the results, saying that votes were miscounted and that there were discrepancies. — Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC news, 1 June 2026 But the past few weeks have showcased the bigger fruits being sowed under Vidosic and the club’s backing of him. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 11 May 2026 But thanks in part to the grievance groundwork DeSantis has sowed, the 31-year-old’s divisive message is starting to earn him national attention. — Scott Maxwell, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026 So Vogt pulled all the showy purple spikes and sowed assorted prairie plants instead. — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 3 May 2026 Through it all, Chavez - who sowed the seed of so much pain - has remained alive on Death Row, courtesy of Florida taxpayers. — Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026 Additionally, the community where measles is spreading has been the home of a sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a group that had a charismatic leader named Warren Jeffs who sowed distrust in vaccines. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026

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In one case reviewed by The Marshall Project, an incarcerated man reported being pepper-sprayed, choked, beaten with a baton and repeatedly called racial slurs by Kentucky officers who were later convicted.

— Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026
Sturgess sprayed it, gave it a sniff and spread some on her wrist.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

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His Hammness does show up, tongue planted firmly in his photogenic cheek, and reminds you that nobody does handsome-guy self-mockery better than Jon Hamm.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026
At Wild Orchard Farmstead on South Korea’s enchanting Jeju Island, regenerative organic tea seeds are planted into the dark, pliable, nutrient-rich soil that allows its roots to grow as deep as the trees are tall.

— Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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The animal, fizzing with the inexhaustible energy of a creature bred for hauling chockablock toboggans, was confined to a tiny pen, a mere twenty feet square, behind the neighbor’s trailer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
One of the wolves also showed unusually low genetic diversity, something often associated with small, isolated populations or animals that may have been selectively bred.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

Definition of bred

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Plant food is then sprinkled onto the root ball and the surrounding soil.

— Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 2 July 2026
Sculptures and paintings by local artists are sprinkled throughout the 18 rooms, which are swathed in pastel shades like apricot and mint, reminiscent of the artwork and architecture in Emirdag’s other home in the South of France.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2026

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Norway, for instance, has been a global leader in the transition away from fossil fuels and toward green energy despite the fact that its fund is seeded by oil revenues.

— Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
As one option, sources told Semafor that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has favored creating a sovereign wealth fund seeded by leading AI firms.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026

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