sow
Boar's pen mate
A sow is an adult female pig, especially one that has farrowed (given birth).
The word distinguishes breeding females from gilts (young females that haven't yet bred) and boars (males).
Sow extends to females of other species: a sow bear with cubs.
The verb sow, a different word, means to plant seeds by scattering them: sow wheat, sow discord.
What you sow, you reap—consequences follow actions.
Embryonic plant capsule
- scatterDistribute in random directions
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- drillHole-boring device
- plantBotanical organism
germinate · sprout · furrow · till · row · seedbed · dibble · overseed
Gathering mature crops
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
irrigate · acreage · husbandry · agronomy · tractor · combine · harvester · threshing
Carrying offspring in womb
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- teatsMilk-dispensing projections
- weaningGradual dietary independence
- estrusOvulatory mating phase
mating · conception · prolific · fecundity · reproduction · offspring · progeny · brood
Domesticated swine for meat
- slobHabitually untidy person
- gluttonExcessive, voracious eater
- slovenlyUntidy and careless
- filthyThoroughly unclean
greedy · derogatory · slur · pejorative · crude · offensive
seed
Embryonic plant capsule
plant · germinate · sprout · furrow · till · row · seedbed · dibble · overseed · reseed
boar
Undomesticated male swine
piglet · porcine · hog · sty · pigsty · snout · trotter · oink · grunting · rooting
harvest
Gathering mature crops
fallow · irrigate · acreage · husbandry · agronomy · tractor · combine · harvester · threshing · fertilize
gestation
Carrying offspring in womb
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- teatsMilk-dispensing projections
- weaningGradual dietary independence
estrus · mating · conception · prolific · fecundity · reproduction · offspring · progeny · brood · fertile
pig
Domesticated swine for meat
filthy · greedy · derogatory · slur · pejorative · crude · offensive
discord
Lack of agreement
- dissensionConflict within a group
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
doubt · seeds · reap · strife · mistrust · division · rumor · discontent · hatred · fear
- homographsalternate, bass, bow, close, compound
- hoofed mammalscow, horse, goat, sheep, pig
- pigsboar, hog, piglet, domestic pig, oink
- informal terms for pigpiggy, hog, porker, oinker, piglet
- pig farmingpigs, hogs, pig farming, pork industry, hog farming
- pig breedingpiglets, boar, litter, piglet, farrowing
- sowing wild oats
- reap what one sowsFace consequences of actions
- sowing seedsDispersing grain for cultivation
- sow discord
- sow wild oatsYouthful indulgence before maturity
- sowing one's wild oatsYouthful indulgence before maturity
sown, sowing, sowed, sows, sower, sowers, unsown, resow, resown