Definition of Sow

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Definition of Sow

Sow

To sew. See Sew.

The female of swine, or of the hog kind.

A sow bug.

A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.

The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.

A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.

A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.

To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.

To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.

To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.

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Sow Quotations

If you want to rear financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
Joel Osteen

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds.
Kahlil Gibran

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.
Frederick Douglass

You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.
Robert Collier

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.
Robert Collier

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Francis of Assisi

Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
Francis of Assisi

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
James Allen

During the next 90 days, people are going to be more open to the Gospel than in years. It is God's responsibility to make people receptive; it is our responsibility to sow the seed.
Rick Warren

There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Sow Translations

sow in Dutch is uitzaaien
sow in Italian is seminare
sow in Portuguese is porca
sow in Spanish is cerda

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