noun
Meaning 1
The act or process by which something is sown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- annual sowings of wheat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sowing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊɪŋ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈsoʊɪŋ/
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rhymes with -əʊɪŋ
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homophone: sewing
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CMU ARPABET: S OW1 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of sow
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ցանք (cʻankʻ) — Process by which something is sown
- Bulgarian: сеитба (seitba) — Process by which something is sown
- Catalan: sembra — Process by which something is sown
- Dutch: zaaien — Process by which something is sown
- Finnish: kylvö — Process by which something is sown
- French: semailles — Process by which something is sown
- German: Saat — Process by which something is sown
- Hindi: बोना (bonā) — Process by which something is sown
- Italian: semina — Process by which something is sown
- Latin: sēmentis — Process by which something is sown
- Mirandese: sementeira — Process by which something is sown
- Occitan: semenada — Process by which something is sown
- Polish: sianie — Process by which something is sown
- Polish: siew — Process by which something is sown
- Portuguese: sementeira — Process by which something is sown
- Russian: сев (sev) — Process by which something is sown
- Russian: посев (posev) — Process by which something is sown
- Spanish: siembra — Process by which something is sown
- Spanish: sementera — Process by which something is sown
- Spanish: sementero — Process by which something is sown
- Spanish: semencera — Process by which something is sown
- Udmurt: кизён (kiźon) — Process by which something is sown
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