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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
sow
▪ I. sow 1 [sow sows sowed sowing sown] BrE [səʊ] NAmE [soʊ] verb
see also ↑sow 2 (sowed, sownBrE [səʊn] ; NAmE [soʊn] or sowed, sowed)
1. transitive, intransitive to plant or spread seeds in or on the ground
•~ (sth) Sow the seeds in rows.
•Water well after sowing.
•Sow rows of lettuces between other vegetables.
•~ sth with sth The fields around had been sown with wheat.
2. transitive ~ sth (in sth) to introduce or spread feelings or ideas, especially ones that cause trouble
•to sow doubt in sb's mind
•to sow confusion
more at you reap what you sow at ↑reap
Idioms: ↑sow the seeds of something ▪ ↑sow wild oats
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English sāwan Germanic Dutch zaaien German säen
Collocations:
Farming
Growing food and raising animals
plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
plough/ (NAmE) plow land/a field
sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
spread manure/fertilizer on sth
cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
damage/destroy/lose your crop
ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
press/dry/ferment grapes
grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
kill/slaughter livestock
preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
Modern farming
run a fish farm/an organic dairy
engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
improve/increase crop yields
face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
Example Bank:
•Sow the seeds quite thinly.
•We've sown that field with wheat.
▪ II. sow 2 [sow sows sowed sowing sown] BrE [saʊ] NAmE [saʊ] noun
a female pig
compare ↑boar, ↑hog
see also ↑sow 1, see make a silk purse (out of a sow's ear) at ↑silk
Word Origin:
Old English sugu Dutch zeug German Sau Indo-European Latin sus Greek hus ‘pig’
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