sowverb
uk/səʊ/us/soʊ/sowed, sown or sowedsow verb (PLANT)
C1 [ I or T ] to put seeds in or on the ground so that plants will grow:
Sow the seeds in pots.
We'll sow this field with barley.
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- It's rather early to be sowing carrot seeds, isn't it?
- We sow carrots in between the onions.
- Broad beans that were sown in the previous autumn will be ready first.
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Gardening - general words
- arborist
- bed
- bed sth out
- bonsai
- cutting
- deadhead
- grass
- hedgerow
- hoe
- homegrown
- horticulture
- hydroponics
- landscape gardening
- nurse
- seed
- topiary
- tree surgeon
- trellis
- uproot
- urn
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sow verb (CAUSE)
[ T ] to cause a bad emotion or condition to begin somewhere so that it will grow or continue:
Now that you've sown doubts in my mind, I'll never be sure I can trust him.
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Creating and producing
- bear fruit idiom
- bring
- bring sth out
- churn sth out
- cobble
- craft
- mass-produce
- on the go idiom
- overproduce
- patch
- patch sth together
- phase
- pump
- raise
- rush
- turn sth out
- uncreative
- unleash
- unproductive
- wrought
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Idiom(s)
as ye sow, so shall ye reap
sow your wild oats
sow the seeds of sth