Meaning Of Sow

v. i.

To sew. See Sew.
n.

The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
n.

A sow bug.
n.

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

The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.
n.

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

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.
v. t.

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

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

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