I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
plant/sow seeds (= put them in the soil )
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Sow the seeds in trays or pots.
sowed dissension
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This move sowed dissension within the party ranks.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
confusion
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He sows seeds of confusion by way of a million opinions on every subject within its covers.
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This teaching was a boon to the married laity, but it sowed confusion among priests.
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If your review does not stop them, at least your rapier has sown confusion and dismay.
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Milosevic has granted piecemeal concessions while sowing the kind of confusion that he has used in the past to stymie opponents.
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It has sown confusion and anxiety among researchers by giving birth to the ambiguous concept of sensitive but unclassified research.
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And the editors seem to enjoy sowing that confusion .
crop
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In short, to deny and stifle the understanding unnecessarily is to sow a crop of future doubts.
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The land is ploughed and then the seed is sown , the crop sprayed, the harvest taken, and so on.
seed
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The Foundation has been delighted to be able to sow the seeds of international cooperation by supporting postgraduates.
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To some extent, the rally at the beginning of the year sowed the seeds for its own destruction.
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Groundwork Prepare a really fine seedbed and sow the seeds thinly to avoid unnecessary thinning.
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The giant Pangaean landmass sowed the seeds of its own destruction.
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We have already sown the seeds of what needs to be done to bring about job regeneration in my area.
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Even so, the repression of each revolt inspired later uprisings, sowing the seeds of future resistance.
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The global success of football has almost certainly sown the seeds for the game's corruption.
■ VERB
reap
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We reap what we sow , and others close to us reap the results too.
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I respect those who have fallen bravely, but they have reaped what they have sown ....
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In this sense farmers today are in danger of reaping the whirlwind sown by their forefathers.
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We are reaping what we have sown with a steadily more illiterate society immersed in trivia.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Sow the seeds in rows about 20 centimetres apart.
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If you want an early crop, you should sow in September.
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Seeds of these plants are sown in moist sand.
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The ground was still too waterlogged for sowing rice.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But even before Edward's time, seeds of dissension had been sown.
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For several months after seed is sown, nothing can be seen to show that there will be a harvest.
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In August, sow early carrots in a cold frame or greenhouse and keep covered during winter for pulling as needed.
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Of what may come hereafter For men who sow to reap.
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Other plants sown with the reeds absorb heavy metals and harmful bacteria.
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Slower varieties maturing in two months or more need to be sown in July to ensure a lengthy October harvest.
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They became farmers in the fields of stars; they sowed, and sometimes they reaped.
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They think they're wooing the masses; instead they're sowing the seeds of their comeuppance.
II. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
you reap what you sow
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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One of his sows is off colour.
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Soiled bedding is removed and fresh material is collected, by both boar and sow .
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The company has tested the mechanism on piglets reared by 300 sows on a farm near York.
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Violence always bringing back the old sow .