sow
US: /ˈsaʊ/, /ˈsoʊ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
sow /sau/- ngoại động từ sowed; sown, sowed
- gieo
- to sow land with maize: gieo ngô lên đất trồng
- to sow [the seeds of] dissension: gieo mối chia rẽ
- sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
- gieo gió gặt bão
- gieo
- danh từ
- lợn cái; lợn nái
- (như) sowbug
- rãnh (cho kim loại nấu chảy ra khuôn); kim loại cứng lại ở rãnh
- as drunk as a sow
- say bí tỉ, say tuý luý
- to get (take) the wrong sow by the ear
- bé cái nhầm, râu ông nọ cắm cằm bà kia
Advanced English dictionary
or (sowed, sowed)1 ~ sth (in / on sth)
~ sth (with sth) to plant or spread seeds in or on the ground: [VN] Sow the seeds in rows. + The fields around had been sown with wheat. + Sow rows of lettuces between other vegetables. + [V] Water well after sowing.
2 [VN] ~ sth (in sth) to introduce or spread feelings or ideas, especially ones that cause trouble: to sow doubt in sb's mind + to sow confusion / dissension
Idioms: sow the seeds of sth to start the process that leads to a particular situation or result: In this way he sowed the seeds of his own success.
sow (your) wild oats (of young men) to go through a period of wild behaviour while young, especially having a lot of romantic or sexual relationships: He wants to leave home, sow his wild oats and learn about life.
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+ noun
a female pig
Compare: BOAR, HOG
See also -
Idioms see SILK
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
seed, disseminate, broadcast, plant:
The grand vizier sowed the seeds of dissension amongst the subjects of the caliph.
Collocation
ADV.
early
Sow early for an early crop.
| thickly, thinly
Sow the seeds quite thinly.
PREP.
with
We've sown that field with wheat.
Concise dictionary
sown|sows|sowed|sowingsaʊnoun
+an adult female hog
verb
+place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
+introduce into an environment
+place seeds in or on (the ground)
