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. — deniko
ruЧто посеешь - то пожнёшь. — elsteris
You reap what you sow.
Що посієш, те й пожнеш. — deniko
ruЧто посеешь - то пожнёшь. — elsteris
deMan erntet, was man gesät hat. — MUIRIEL
As you sow, so you shall reap.
deWie man sich bettet, so liegt man. — MikeMolto
Farmers should make sure that they sow quality seeds.
We reap what we sow.
ruМы пожинаем то, что сеем. — BW
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