Clues for the word "SOW"

We've had 177 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 590 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on May 14, 2026.

Definition of sow

v. i. - To sew. See Sew.
n. - The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
n. - A sow bug.
n. - A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
n. - The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.
n. - A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
n. - A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.
v. t. - To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.
v. t. - To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
v. i. - To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.