noun

1. 1. an adult female pig
   2. an adult female of certain other mammals, as the bear
2. 1. a channel or sluice carrying molten metal from a blast furnace to the molds in which pig bars are cast
   2. a large mass of metal that has solidified in this channel

Etymology: ME sowe < OE sugu, akin to Ger sau (OHG su) < IE base *sū-, pig > swine, L sus

transitive verb sowed, sown (sōn) or sowed, sowing sow′·ing

1. to scatter or plant (seed) for growing
2. to plant seed in or on (a field, ground, earth, etc.)
3. to spread or scatter; broadcast, disseminate, or propagate to sow hate
4. to implant; inculcate to sow suspicion

Etymology: ME sowen < OE sawan, akin to Ger säen < IE base *sē(i) > seed

intransitive verb