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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Cultivated land inhabited by sedentary agriculturalists, in contrast to the nomad pastoralists of the steppe or desert. especially, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   past participle of sow form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   sprinkled with seed wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

plantedseeded

Example

More examples

"You know the phrase, we reap what we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm."

Etymology

Morphologically sow + -n.

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