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sow
| Main Entry: |
sow
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plant |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, disject, disseminate, drill, fling, grow, implant, inseminate, lodge, pitch, propagate, put in, raise, scatter, seed, strew, toss |
| Antonyms: | dig, harvest, reap |
| Main Entry: | disperse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute; scatter |
| Synonyms: | banish, besprinkle, break up, broadcast, cast forth, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, divvy, dole out, eject, intersperse, measure out, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble, send off, separate, shed, sow, split up, spray, spread, strew, take off in all directions, vanish |
| Notes: | to disburse means 'to pay out or expend'; to disperse is 'to scatter something' |
| Antonyms: | arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather |
| Main Entry: | disseminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute, scatter |
| Synonyms: | advertise, announce, annunciate, blaze, blazon, broadcast, circulate, declare, diffuse, disject, disperse, dissipate, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publicize, publish, radiate, sow, spread, strew |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | distribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allocate, deliver, spread |
| Synonyms: | administer, allot, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, circulate, consign, convey, cut up, deal, deal out, diffuse, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, dispose, disseminate, divide, divvy up, dole out, donate, endow, fork out, give, give away, hand out, issue, lot out, measure out, mete, parcel, partition, pass out, pay out, present, prorate, radiate, ration, scatter, share, shell out, slice up, sow, strew |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather, hoard, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, store |
| Main Entry: | farm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce crops, raise animals |
| Synonyms: | bring under cultivation, crop, cultivate, direct, dress, garden, graze, grow, harrow, harvest, homestead, husband, landscape, look after, operate, pasture, plant, plow, ranch, reap, run, seed, sow, subdue, superintend, tend, till, till the soil, work |
| Main Entry: | hog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pig |
| Synonyms: | boar, cob roller, oinker, piggy, piglet, porker, razorback, shoat, sow, swine, warthog |
| Main Entry: | pig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal of swine family |
| Synonyms: | boar, cob roller, hog, piggy, piglet, porker, porky, shoat, sow, swine |
| Main Entry: | plant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in the ground for growing |
| Synonyms: | bury, cover, farm, grow, implant, pitch, pot, raise, scatter, seed, seed down, set out, sow, start, stock, transplant |
| Antonyms: | harvest, reap |
| Main Entry: | raise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nurture, care for |
| Synonyms: | breed, bring up, cultivate, develop, drag up, fetch up, foster, group, grow, nourish, nurse, plant, produce, propagate, provide, rear, sow, suckle, support, train, wean |
| Antonyms: | abandon, ignore, neglect, repress, suppress |
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