unsownadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsəʊn/, U.S.

/ˌənˈsoʊn/

Forms: Also Middle English unsowe, unsawe.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Old English unsáwen (of land), Old Norse úsáinn , and unsowed adj.

1. Of seed: Not sown; left without being sown. Also of vegetation: Growing without having been sown.

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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [adjective] > wild or not cultivated

wildc725

untameda1340

unsownc1374

unplanteda1382

savagea1500

natural1526

self-sowed1597

self-sown1608

maiden1616

voluntary1620

spontaneous1665

uncultivated1697

wilding1697

volunteer1794

uncultured1804

agrarian1851

self-raised1852

c1374 G. Chaucer Former Age 10 Corn vp-sprong vnsowe of mannes hond.

1540 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. i. 169 All my corne sowen and unsowen.

c1540 Pilgrim's Tale 401 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) App. i. 88 Wher the seyd of god is vnsawn.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 36 Sowe nowe ye may, beanes, peason graye. Kepe whight vnsowne, till more be knowne.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §546 Mushromes..come vp so hastily; As in a Night; And yet they are Vnsowne.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 6 The Flow'rs un-sown, in Fields and Meadows reign'd.

1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. iv. 10 The crops remained unsown this year.

2. Of land: Not supplied with seed.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [adjective] > sown or planted > not

unplanteda1382

unsownc1400

unset1573

unseeded1634

unsowed1648

uncropped1857

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [adjective] > sown > not sown

unsowna1513

ungrassed1864

c1400 Gamelyn 83 He þought on his landes þat lay vnsawe.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxv. f. xxvii^v The grounde was vntylled and vnsowen wherof ensued great scarsytie.

1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII c. 5 Duryng all suche time as the same landes shalbe and remayne vnsowen.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiv. 147 The trampling which they keepe about trees, medowes, and vnsowne places.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §482 If the Ground lie fallow, and vnsowne.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 143 Nor knows the soil to feed the fleecy care,..But uninhabited, untill'd, unsown It lies.

1730 Ld. Lyttelton Epist. to Mr. Pope 28 Unhappy Italy!.. Her cities [are] desert and her fields unsown.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in Poems (new ed.) II. 36 Dora..went her way Across the wheat, and sat upon a mound That was unsown.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unsown
释义	unsownadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsəʊn/, U.S. /ˌənˈsoʊn/ Forms: Also Middle English unsowe, unsawe. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Old English unsáwen (of land), Old Norse úsáinn , and unsowed adj. 1. Of seed: Not sown; left without being sown. Also of vegetation: Growing without having been sown. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [adjective] > wild or not cultivated wildc725 untameda1340 unsownc1374 unplanteda1382 savagea1500 natural1526 self-sowed1597 self-sown1608 maiden1616 voluntary1620 spontaneous1665 uncultivated1697 wilding1697 volunteer1794 uncultured1804 agrarian1851 self-raised1852 c1374 G. Chaucer Former Age 10 Corn vp-sprong vnsowe of mannes hond. 1540 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. i. 169 All my corne sowen and unsowen. c1540 Pilgrim's Tale 401 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) App. i. 88 Wher the seyd of god is vnsawn. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 36 Sowe nowe ye may, beanes, peason graye. Kepe whight vnsowne, till more be knowne. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §546 Mushromes..come vp so hastily; As in a Night; And yet they are Vnsowne. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 6 The Flow'rs un-sown, in Fields and Meadows reign'd. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. iv. 10 The crops remained unsown this year. 2. Of land: Not supplied with seed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [adjective] > sown or planted > not unplanteda1382 unsownc1400 unset1573 unseeded1634 unsowed1648 uncropped1857 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [adjective] > sown > not sown unsowna1513 ungrassed1864 c1400 Gamelyn 83 He þought on his landes þat lay vnsawe. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxv. f. xxvii^v The grounde was vntylled and vnsowen wherof ensued great scarsytie. 1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII c. 5 Duryng all suche time as the same landes shalbe and remayne vnsowen. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiv. 147 The trampling which they keepe about trees, medowes, and vnsowne places. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §482 If the Ground lie fallow, and vnsowne. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 143 Nor knows the soil to feed the fleecy care,..But uninhabited, untill'd, unsown It lies. 1730 Ld. Lyttelton Epist. to Mr. Pope 28 Unhappy Italy!.. Her cities [are] desert and her fields unsown. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in Poems (new ed.) II. 36 Dora..went her way Across the wheat, and sat upon a mound That was unsown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1374
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