sow
To plant seeds in the ground so they can grow.
sow in a sentence
- In spring we sow carrot seeds in neat rows in the vegetable patch.
- Farmers sow their wheat in autumn so it can grow through the winter.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to sow?
- Areap
- Bharvest
- Cgather
- Dplant
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D: plant. The other three mean the opposite of sow.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to sow?
- Aseed
- Bscatter
- Cplant
- Dreap
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D: reap. The other three mean nearly the same as sow.
Words that mean something similar
plant, scatter, seed
Words that mean the opposite
reap, harvest, gather
More words about weather & nature
- stagnant: Not moving or flowing, and often smelly and stale.
- swelter: To feel uncomfortably hot.
- temperate: Mild, without extremes of heat or cold.
- tempest: A violent storm with strong winds.
- tempestuous: Stormy and wild, or full of strong emotions.
- tepid: Only slightly warm.
- torrent: A fast, powerful rush of water or words.
- turbulent: Full of sudden movement, confusion or trouble.
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