sow
To scatter, disperse, or plantTo scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
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» As you sow, so will you reap.
Что посеешь - то пожнёшь. — elsteris
Що посієш, те й пожнеш. — deniko
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3 senses(ambitransitive)To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
säen
се́ятьséjatʹ
сі́ятиsíjaty
place seeds in or on (the ground)
(ambitransitive, figuratively)To spread abroad; to propagate.
as you sow, so shall you reap
(figuratively)To scatter over; to besprinkle.
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 sowen, from Old English sāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *sāan, from PrFrom Middle English sowen, from Old English sāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *sāan, from Proto-Germanic *sēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-. Compare Dutch zaaien, German säen, Danish så, Norwegian Bokmål så.
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Forms
sows, sowing, sowed, sownSynonyms
3 synonyms- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth:seed
- place seeds in or on (the ground):inseminatesow in
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.