sow
A female animalA female animal: A female pig.
» As you sow, so will you reap.
Что посеешь - то пожнёшь.
Що посієш, те й пожнеш.
Meaning
7 sensesA female animal
A female pig.
Sau, Mutterschwein
свинья́svinʹjá, свинома́ткаsvinomátka
свиня́svynjá, льо́хаlʹóxa
an adult female hog
A female bear; she-bear.
A female guinea pig.
(derogatory, slang)A contemptible, often fat woman.
A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
чушкаčuška
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, etc.
Examples
132 sentencesAs you sow, so will you reap.
Що посієш, те й пожнеш.
ruЧто посеешь - то пожнёшь.
You reap what you sow.
Що посієш, те й пожнеш.
ruЧто посеешь - то пожнёшь.
deMan erntet, was man gesät hat.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
deWie man sich bettet, so liegt man.
Farmers should make sure that they sow quality seeds.
We reap what we sow.
ruМы пожинаем то, что сеем.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from ProtFrom Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *su(H)kéh₂, from *suH- (“pig”).
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Forms
plural: sowsSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular