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Sow

To sew. See Sew.

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Verb group 4

Broader term 16

Broadcast 76% connected

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Circulate 76% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Diffuse 76% connected

To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to di…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disperse 76% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disseminate 76% connected

To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and err…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Distribute 76% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Propagate 76% connected

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or she…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seed 76% connected

of Seed

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

of Set

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spread 76% connected

of Spread

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Swine 76% connected

Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is kno…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 3

Broadcast 76% connected

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inseminate 76% connected

To sow; to impregnate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scatter 76% connected

To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Seed 74% connected

of Seed

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Seed 74% connected

of Seed

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Seeder 74% connected

One who, or that which, sows or plants seed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Seeder 74% connected

One who, or that which, sows or plants seed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sower 74% connected

One who, or that which, sows.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sower 74% connected

One who, or that which, sows.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Inseminate 92% connected

To sow; to impregnate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Seed 92% connected

of Seed

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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