sow
/saʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
Example Sentences
- "Lucky he wasn't a sow. They've usually just dropped a cub this time of year. A sow would have been cranky as hell."
- "In England, it was generally termed a 'sow', if the weight was above 10 cwts., if below, it was termed a 'pig' from which the present term 'pig iron' is derived."
- "When I had sown the field, the day's work was over."
- "as you sow, so shall you reap"
- "Euen as I haue seene, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickednsse, reape the same."
- "And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH-? Proto-Indo-European *suH-der. Proto-Germanic *sugō Proto-West Germanic *sugu Old English sugu Middle English sowe English sow From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *su(H)kéh₂, from *suH- (“pig”). See also West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge; also Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit सूकर (sūkará, “swine, boar”); also Danish so, German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /saʊ/
- British English: /saʊ/