Sow: meaning, definitions and examples
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sow
[ səʊ ]
farm animal
A female pig, especially one that has not had piglets yet.
Synonyms
female pig, hog, pig
Examples of usage
- The sow was feeding her piglets.
- The farmer raised sows for breeding purposes.
Translations
Translations of the word "sow" in other languages:
🇵🇹 semear
- plantar
- porca (свиня)
🇮🇳 बोना
- बोवाई करना
- सूअर (सвиня)
🇩🇪 säen
- pflanzen
- Sau (свиня)
🇮🇩 menabur
- menanam
- babi betina (свиня)
🇺🇦 сіяти
- саджати
- свиня
🇵🇱 siać
- sadzić
- maciora (свиня)
🇯🇵 蒔く (まく)
- 植える (うえる)
- 雌豚 (めすぶた) (свиня)
🇫🇷 semer
- planter
- truie (свиня)
🇪🇸 sembrar
- plantar
- cerda (свиня)
🇹🇷 ekmek
- dikmek
- dişi domuz (свиня)
🇰🇷 씨를 뿌리다
- 심다
- 암퇘지 (свиня)
🇸🇦 زرع
- غرس
- خنزيرة (свиня)
🇨🇿 sít
- sázet
- prasnice (свиня)
🇸🇰 siať
- sadiť
- sviňa (свиня)
🇨🇳 播种 (bōzhǒng)
- 种植 (zhòngzhí)
- 母猪 (mǔzhū) (свиня)
🇸🇮 sejati
- saditi
- svinja
🇮🇸 sá
- planta
- gyltur (свиня)
🇰🇿 себу
- отырғызу
- шошқа (свиня)
🇬🇪 დათესვა
- დარგვა
- ღორი (свиня)
🇦🇿 əkmək
- əkmək
- donuz (свиня)
🇲🇽 sembrar
- plantar
- cerda (свиня)
Word origin
The word 'sow' has Old English origins, coming from the Proto-Germanic word 'sauwō'. Over time, the word evolved to specifically refer to a female pig. In agricultural contexts, 'sow' also gained the meaning of planting seeds in the ground, reflecting the dual usage of the term in modern English.