SOW WILD OATS

Meaning of SOW WILD OATS in English

live a wild life as a young person

As a youth he lived a reckless life. He sowed a few wild oats.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

SOW WILD OATS — see oats
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOW WILD OATS — see oats
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOW WILD OATS — live a wild life as a young person As a youth he lived a reckless life. He sowed a few …
English Idioms vocab
SOW — Airport Name : Show Low Regional Airport Airport Location : Show Low, Arizona, United States IATA Code : SOW ICAO …
Airport Code English Dictionary
OATS — aven
English interlingue dictionary
WILD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) wild pig wild boar Hickok Wild Bill wild carrot {{link=wild rice">wild rice Wild West …
Английский словарь Британика
OATS — Hardy cereal plant ( Avena sativa ), cultivated in temperate regions, that is able to live in poor soil. The …
Английский словарь Британика
WILD — I. ˈwīld, esp before pause or consonant ˈwīəld adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English wilde, from Old English; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOW — I. ˈsau̇ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sowe, suwe, from Old English sugu; akin to Old English sū …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OATS — plural of oat present third singular of oat
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WILD — (superl.) Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought …
Английский словарь Webster
SOW — (v. t.) To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: …
Английский словарь Webster
SOW — (n.) A sow bug.
Английский словарь Webster
OATS — (pl. ) of Oat
Английский словарь Webster
WILD — ( superl. ) Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOW — ( v. t. ) To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOW — ( n. ) A sow bug.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OATS — ( pl. ) of Oat
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WILD — — wildly , adv. — wildness , n. /wuyld/ , adj., wilder, wildest , adv. , n. adj. 1. living …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOW
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OATS — n. crushed hulled oats
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WILD — I. ˈwī(-ə)ld adjective Etymology: Middle English wilde, from Old English; akin to Old High German wildi wild, Welsh gwyllt Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOW — I. ˈsau̇ noun Etymology: Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu; akin to Old English & Old High German sū …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WILD — adv wildly; as, to talk wild. 2. wild ·superl hard to steer; said of a vessel. 3. wild ·superl …
Webster English vocab
SOW — noun a sow bug. 2. sow ·vi to sew. ·see sew. 3. sow ·noun the female of swine, or of …
Webster English vocab
OATS — pl of oat.
Webster English vocab
WILD — [wild] adj [ME wilde, fr. OE; akin to OHG wildi wild, W gwyllt] (bef. 12c) 1 a: living in a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOW — [sow] n [ME sowe, fr. OE sugu; akin to OE & OHG su sow, L sus pig, swine, hog, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OATS — Mature oats (Avena sativa). edible starchy grain of the oat plant (species Avena sativa), a cereal widely cultivated in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
WILD — wild, Wild BrE AmE waɪ ə ld ▷ wilder ˈwaɪ ə ld ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ wildest …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOW — I sow verb 'place (seeds)' BrE AmE səʊ AmE soʊ (= so) ▷ sowed səʊd AmE soʊd ▷ sowing ˈsəʊ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OATS — oats BrE AmE əʊts AmE \ oʊts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOW — I . / səʊ; NAmE soʊ/ verb —see also sow (II) ( sowed , sown / səʊn; NAmE soʊn/ or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WILD — / waɪld; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( wild·er , wild·est ) ANIMALS / PLANTS 1. living or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OATS — / əʊts; NAmE oʊts/ noun [ pl. ] grain grown in cool countries as food for animals and for making …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WILD — I. wild 1 S2 W2 /waɪld/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ wild , ↑ wildness ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOW
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OATS — oats /əʊts $ oʊts/ BrE AmE noun [plural] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ate (singular) ] the grain from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WILD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 (of an animal or plant) in its original natural state; not domesticated or cultivated …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOW — n. 1 a a female adult pig, esp. after farrowing. b a female guinea-pig. c the female of some other …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WILD — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of an animal or plant) in its original natural state; not domesticated or cultivated …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOW — n. 1 a a female adult pig, esp. after farrowing. b a female guinea-pig. c the female of some other …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOW — v.tr. (past sowed; past part. sown or sowed) 1 (also absol.) a scatter (seed) on or in the earth. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WILD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. (of an animal or plant) in its original natural state; not domesticated or cultivated …
Oxford English vocab
SOW — 1. v.tr. (past sowed; past part. sown or sowed) 1. (also absol.) a scatter (seed) on or in the earth. …
Oxford English vocab
SOW — I. VERB USES /soʊ/ ( sows, sowing, sowed, sown) 1. If you sow seeds or sow an area of land …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WILD — ( wilds, wilder, wildest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Wild animals …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OATS — Note: The form 'oat' is used as a modifier. 1. Oats are a cereal crop or its grains, used for …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WILD — (~s, ~er, ~est) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Wild animals or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OATS — Note: The form 'oat' is used as a modifier. 1. Oats are a cereal crop or its grains, used for …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WILD — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wild accusation (= with no evidence to support it ) ▪ She’s made …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES plant/sow seeds (= put them in the soil ) ▪ Sow the seeds in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OATS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE wild ▪ Some sowing of wild oats is approved of, indeed positively welcomed in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOW — (PLANT) [verb] [past simple] sowed, [past participle] sown or sowed - to put (seeds) in or on the ground so …
Cambridge English vocab
OATS — [plural] [noun] - a grass-like plant, the seeds of which are used to make flour or are fed to animalsa …
Cambridge English vocab
WILD
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OATS — n. Hardy cereal plant ( Avena sativa ), cultivated in temperate regions, that is able to live in poor soil. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WILD
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OATS — Synonyms and related words : Bengal grass, English rye grass, Italian rye grass, Kentucky bluegrass, alfilaria, bamboo, barley, beach grass, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OATS — See: FEEL ONE'S OATS, SOW ONE'S WILD OATS.
Slang English vocab
SOW — A fat woman. He has got the wrong sow by the ear, he mistakes his man. Drunk as David's sow; …
Slang English vocab
OATS — He has sowed his wild oats; he is staid, or sober, having left off his wild tricks.
Slang English vocab
OATS — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SOW — verb ADVERB ▪ early ▪ Sow early for an early crop. ▪ thinly ▪ Sow the seeds thinly. PREPOSITION ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

English Idioms vocabulary

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