You know the phrase, we reap what we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.
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Sow
//saʊ//
Synonyms for "sow" (110 found)
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More general
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
distinct from
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
similar
3 entriesTranslations
278 translations across 129 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- dosë noun (female pig)
- mbjell verb (disperse seeds)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δέλφαξ noun (female pig)
- σπείρω verb (disperse seeds)
Ao
1 entries- prok (Chungli) verb (disperse seeds)
Arabic
4 entries- خِنْزِيرَة noun (female pig)
- بَذَرَ verb (disperse seeds)
- زرع verb (disperse seeds)
- زَرَعَ verb (disperse seeds)
Armenian
4 entries- գոճամայր noun (female pig)
- խոզամայր noun (female pig)
- մերուն noun (female pig)
- ցանել verb (disperse seeds)
Aromanian
2 entries- poarcã noun (female pig)
- seamin verb (disperse seeds)
Asturian
3 entries- gocha noun (female pig)
- semar verb (disperse seeds)
- sementar verb (disperse seeds)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- səpmək verb (disperse seeds)
- əkmək verb (disperse seeds)
Bashkir
2 entries- инә сусҡа noun (female pig)
- сәсеү verb (disperse seeds)
Bats
1 entries- ნეზვ noun (female pig)
Belarusian
1 entries- се́яць verb (disperse seeds)
Bikol Central
1 entries- dulag noun (female pig)
Breton
2 entries- gwiz noun (female pig)
- hadañ verb (disperse seeds)
Bulgarian
2 entries- свиня майка noun (female pig)
- се́я verb (disperse seeds)
Burmese
1 entries- ဝက်မ noun (female pig)
Catalan
4 entries- porca noun (female pig)
- truja noun (female pig)
- verra noun (female pig)
- sembrar verb (disperse seeds)
Chechen
1 entries- жаргӏа noun (female pig)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏏᏆ ᎠᎩᏏ noun (female pig)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 豬乸 /猪乸 noun (female pig)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 母豬 /母猪 noun (female pig)
- 播種 /播种 verb (disperse seeds)
Czech
4 entries- bachyně noun (female pig)
- kráva noun (contemptible woman)
- prasnice noun (female pig)
- svině noun (female pig)
Danish
2 entries- so noun (female pig)
- so noun (contemptible woman)
Dutch
2 entries- zeug noun (female pig)
- zaaien verb (disperse seeds)
Egyptian
1 entries- r:*r-t-F27 noun (female pig)
Esperanto
2 entries- porkino noun (female pig)
- semi verb (disperse seeds)
Estonian
2 entries- emis noun (female pig)
- külvama verb (disperse seeds)
Farefare
1 entries- kurkur-yã'aŋa noun (female pig)
Faroese
1 entries- súgv noun (female pig)
Finnish
4 entries- emakko noun (female pig)
- emäsika noun (female pig)
- huora noun (contemptible woman)
- narttu noun (contemptible woman)
French
2 entries- truie noun (female pig)
- semer verb (disperse seeds)
Friulian
2 entries- scrove noun (female pig)
- semenâ verb (disperse seeds)
Galician
4 entries- barrionda noun (female pig)
- bodalla noun (female pig)
- ferruxe noun (female pig)
- godalla noun (female pig)
Georgian
3 entries- ნეზვი noun (female pig)
- ქუბი noun (female pig)
- თესვა verb (disperse seeds)
German
3 entries- Mutterschwein noun (female pig)
- Sau noun (female pig)
- säen verb (disperse seeds)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 verb (disperse seeds)
Greek
4 entries- γουρούνα noun (female pig)
- σκρόφα noun (female pig)
- σκρόφα noun (contemptible woman)
- σπέρνω verb (disperse seeds)
Gujarati
1 entries- વાવવું verb (disperse seeds)
Hebrew
2 entries- חֲזִירָה noun (female pig)
- זָרַע verb (disperse seeds)
Hindi
1 entries- बोना verb (disperse seeds)
Hungarian
4 entries- emse noun (female pig)
- koca noun (female pig)
- nőstény disznó. noun (female pig)
- vet verb (disperse seeds)
Icelandic
1 entries- sýr noun (female pig)
Ido
2 entries- porkino noun (female pig)
- semar verb (disperse seeds)
Ilocano
1 entries- takong verb (disperse seeds)
Indonesian
2 entries- babi betina noun (female pig)
- tabur verb (disperse seeds)
Ingrian
2 entries- emikko noun (female pig)
- imikkosika noun (female pig)
Ingush
1 entries- жаргӏа noun (female pig)
Irish
3 entries- cráin noun (female pig)
- síol a chur verb (disperse seeds)
- síolaigh verb (disperse seeds)
Italian
4 entries- lingotto noun (mass of metal solidified in a mold)
- pane noun (mass of metal solidified in a mold)
- panetto noun (mass of metal solidified in a mold)
- scrofa noun (female pig)
Japanese
4 entries- 雌豚 noun (female pig)
- 散らす verb (scatter)
- 種をまく verb (disperse seeds)
- 間隙を生じる verb (spread about, propagate)
Kazakh
1 entries- мегежін noun (female pig)
Khiamniungan Naga
2 entries- yōhnyù noun (female pig)
- yōhshùo noun (female pig)
Korean
3 entries- 암퇘지 noun (female pig)
- 뿌리다 verb (disperse seeds)
- 심다 verb (disperse seeds)
Lao
1 entries- ຫວ່ານ verb (disperse seeds)
Latgalian
2 entries- pasēt verb (disperse seeds)
- sēt verb (disperse seeds)
Latin
4 entries- porca noun (female pig)
- scrōfa noun (female pig)
- conserō verb (disperse seeds)
- serō verb (disperse seeds)
Latvian
1 entries- sēt verb (disperse seeds)
Lingala
1 entries- kona verb (disperse seeds)
Lithuanian
2 entries- kiaulė noun (female pig)
- sėti verb (disperse seeds)
Livonian
1 entries- killõ verb (disperse seeds)
Low German
1 entries- Söög noun (female pig)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- rampa noun (female pig)
- seś verb (disperse seeds)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- séien verb (disperse seeds)
Macedonian
4 entries- крава noun (contemptible woman)
- маторица noun (female pig)
- прасица noun (female pig)
- се́е verb (disperse seeds)
Maguindanao
1 entries- pamula verb (disperse seeds)
Malay
2 entries- khinzir betina noun (female pig)
- semai verb (disperse seeds)
Maltese
1 entries- żara’ verb (disperse seeds)
Marathi
1 entries- पेरणे verb (disperse seeds)
Middle High German
1 entries- sū noun (female pig)
Mirandese
2 entries- sembrar verb (disperse seeds)
- sumbrar verb (disperse seeds)
Māori
2 entries- poaka uwha noun (female pig)
- rui verb (disperse seeds)
Norman
3 entries- s'maïr verb (disperse seeds)
- s'menchi verb (disperse seeds)
- s'mer verb (disperse seeds)
Norwegian
1 entries- så verb (disperse seeds)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- hunngris noun (female pig)
- hunnsvin noun (female pig)
- purke noun (female pig)
- sugge noun (female pig)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- hogris noun (female pig)
- hosvin noun (female pig)
- purka noun (female pig)
- purke noun (female pig)
Occitan
3 entries- pòrca noun (female pig)
- truèja noun (female pig)
- semenar verb (disperse seeds)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- сѣти verb (disperse seeds)
Old English
2 entries- sugu noun (female pig)
- sāwan verb (disperse seeds)
Old High German
1 entries- sū noun (female pig)
Old Norse
1 entries- sýr noun (female pig)
Old Saxon
1 entries- sū noun (female pig)
Oromo
1 entries- facaasuu verb (disperse seeds)
Ossetian
2 entries- дзӕргъ noun (female pig)
- дзӕргъӕ noun (female pig)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اكمك verb (disperse seeds)
- تخملامق verb (disperse seeds)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- шац verb (disperse seeds)
Persian
3 entries- ماده خوک noun (female pig)
- پراگندن verb (disperse seeds)
- کشتن verb (disperse seeds)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Säaj noun (female pig)
Polish
3 entries- locha noun (female pig)
- maciora noun (female pig)
- siać verb (disperse seeds)
Portuguese
2 entries- porca noun (female pig)
- semear verb (disperse seeds)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸੂਰਨੀ noun (female pig)
Quechua
1 entries- tarpuy verb (disperse seeds)
Romanian
4 entries- poarcă noun (female pig)
- purcea noun (female pig)
- scroafă noun (female pig)
- semăna verb (disperse seeds)
Romansch
3 entries- samnar verb (disperse seeds)
- samner verb (disperse seeds)
- semnar verb (disperse seeds)
Romansh
1 entries- portga noun (female pig)
Russian
4 entries- свинома́тка noun (female pig)
- свинья́ noun (female pig)
- скоти́на noun (contemptible woman)
- чушка noun (mass of metal solidified in a mold)
Sardinian
4 entries- cópia noun (female pig)
- màdri noun (female pig)
- súe noun (female pig)
- semenai verb (disperse seeds)
Scots
1 entries- sawe verb (disperse seeds)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sìol verb (disperse seeds)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- krmača noun (female pig)
- prasica noun (female pig)
- крмача noun (female pig)
- прасица noun (female pig)
Shan
1 entries- ဝၢၼ်ႇ verb (disperse seeds)
Sicilian
4 entries- porca noun (female pig)
- scrofa noun (female pig)
- troja noun (female pig)
- chiantimari verb (disperse seeds)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ඊරි noun (female pig)
Slovak
2 entries- sviňa noun (female pig)
- siať verb (disperse seeds)
Slovene
1 entries- sejati verb (disperse seeds)
Southern Altai
1 entries- чачар verb (disperse seeds)
Spanish
4 entries- cerda noun (female pig)
- marrana noun (female pig)
- puerca noun (female pig)
- sembrar verb (disperse seeds)
Swedish
4 entries- galt noun (mass of metal solidified in a mold)
- gjut noun (channel that conducts molten metal to molds)
- gjutså noun (channel that conducts molten metal to molds)
- göt noun (mass of metal solidified in a mold)
Tagalog
1 entries- inahing baboy noun (female pig)
Tarifit
1 entries- tireft noun (female pig)
Telugu
1 entries- విత్తు verb (disperse seeds)
Thai
1 entries- หว่าน verb (disperse seeds)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kät verb (disperse seeds)
Turkish
1 entries- ekmek verb (disperse seeds)
Turkmen
1 entries- mekejin noun (female pig)
Udi
1 entries- нийал noun (female pig)
Ukrainian
3 entries- льо́ха noun (female pig)
- свиня́ noun (female pig)
- сі́яти verb (disperse seeds)
Unami
1 entries- sehëmën verb (disperse seeds)
Urdu
1 entries- بونا verb (disperse seeds)
Venetan
4 entries- lùgia noun (female pig)
- lùja noun (female pig)
- mascia noun (female pig)
- porseƚa noun (female pig)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gieo verb (disperse seeds)
Vilamovian
1 entries- zaoj noun (female pig)
Volapük
1 entries- jisvin noun (female pig)
Vurës
1 entries- m̄al noun (female pig)
Welsh
3 entries- cunar noun (female pig)
- cynar noun (female pig)
- hadu verb (disperse seeds)
West-Frisian
1 entries- siedzje verb (disperse seeds)
Yakut
1 entries- ыс verb (disperse seeds)
Yiddish
1 entries- זייען verb (disperse seeds)
Zazaki
1 entries- karen verb (disperse seeds)
Zhuang
1 entries- vanq verb (disperse seeds)
Záparo
1 entries- achichanu verb (disperse seeds)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
We must sow the seeds of mutual understanding.
Source: tatoeba (22839)
You reap what you sow.
Source: tatoeba (32882)
You must sow before you can reap.
Source: tatoeba (264882)
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