sow | Definition of sow

Synonyms and Antonyms of sow

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

Synonyms of sow

bestrew, dot, pepper, scatter, spot, spray, sprinkle, strew

Words Related to sow

blanket, drizzle, dust

dapple, fleck, speckle, stipple

bespatter, spatter

2 to put or set into the ground to grow

first sow the seeds in potting soil

Synonyms of sow

drill, plant, put in, seed

Words Related to sow

replant, transplant

broadcast, scatter

overseed, reseed

Near Antonyms of sow

gather, harvest, reap

3 to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set

a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife

Synonyms of sow

breed, enroot, implant, inculcate, infix, inseminate, instill, plant

Words Related to sow

drive, hammer, pound

embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), fix, lodge, root

imbue, infuse, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse