sow one's wild oats
To spread one's genes around by impregnating many females.
sow
/saʊ/
noun 7verb 4name 2
Collocations
3(verb.)
ADV
early
If you sow seeds early in spring, your vegetables will be ready to harvest by summer.
thickly, thinly
We sowed the wildflower seeds thickly across the meadow last spring.
PREP
with
The farmer will sow the garden with wildflower seeds in spring.
Definitions
noun
1
A female pig.
2
A female bear, she-bear.
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.
3
A female guinea pig.
4
A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
5
A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
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.
verb
1
To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
2
To spread abroad; to propagate. (usu. negative connotation)
As you sow, so shall you reap.
Euen as I haue seene, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickednsse, reape the same.
3
To scatter over; to besprinkle.
The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, […] and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles.
[He] sowd with Starrs the heav'n.
4
Obsolete spelling of sew.
name
1
A surname.
2
A river in Staffordshire, England, which joins the River Trent.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
verb — place seeds in or on (the ground)
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
Every decision has consequences; a person's actions will come back to them; if one starts trouble or takes actions in spite of the discontent they cause, one will incur negative consequences.
Before the attack started, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, decried efforts by his fellow Republicans to overturn the results of the election. But his eloquence was th
as you sow, so shall you reap
The consequences of one's actions to oneself are in proportion to one's good or bad intentions towards others.
Near-synonyms: as you make your bed, so you must lie in it; (archaic) as you have brewed, so you must drink
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
Alternative form of sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
sow dragon's teeth
To perform an action that inadvertently leads to trouble.
The dragon's teeth are sown, Baby Charles; I pray God they bearna their armed harvest in your day, if I suld^([sic]) not live to see it. God forbid I should, for there will be an a
Example Bank
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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.
Wiktionary02
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.
Wiktionary03
When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
Wiktionary04
As you sow, so shall you reap.
Wiktionary05
Euen as I haue seene, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickednsse, reape the same.
Wiktionary06
You know the phrase, we reap what we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.
Tatoeba · #1697Usage Notes
i Register
In some senses, sow is marked as figuratively, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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