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sown

SaySOHNUS/soʊn/UK/səʊn/

2 meanings of sown

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  1. 1
    plantedverb
    Past participle of sow. Use it after have, has, had, or be, as in the seeds were sown.

    We have sown tomato seeds in small pots on the windowsill.

    The field was sown with wheat in April.

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  2. 2
    farmlandnoununcountable
    Farm land where people settle and grow crops, unlike the desert or grassland of wandering herders.

    For centuries, the herders of the desert traded with the farmers of the sown.

    The river marked the edge of the sown, and beyond it lay open desert.

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sown is a form of sow

sow, verb: To spread seeds over the ground or put them in it, or to scatter other things the same way. Full entry

Forms
sowsows he/she/itsowing -ing formsowed past tensesown past participle
Spelling
sow → sown: irregular (no -ed)

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Origin

From sow plus -n.