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present participle of sow
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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
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2
to put or set into the ground to grow
- first sow the seeds in potting soil
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3
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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- embedding
- (also imbedding),
- entrenching
- (also intrenching),
- fixing,
- lodging,
- rooting
- imbuing,
- infusing,
- ingraining
- (also engraining),
- inoculating,
- investing,
- steeping,
- suffusing
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“Sowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sowing. Accessed 29 Jan. 2022.
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