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English Idioms :: sow one's wild oats
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sow.html - {v. phr.} To do bad or foolish things, especially while you are young. * /Mr. Jones sowed his wild oats while he was in college, but now he is a wiser and better man./ |
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Traditional English :: sow(1)
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sow.html - v.tr. (past sowed; past part. sown or sowed) 1 (also absol.) a scatter (seed) on or in the earth. b (often foll. by with) plant (a field etc.) with seed. 2 initiate; arouse (sowed doubt in her mind). 3 (foll. by with) cover thickly with. sow the seed (or seeds) of first give rise to; implant (an idea etc.). sower n. sowing n. [OE sawan f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: sow(2)
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sow.html - n. 1 a a female adult pig, esp. after farrowing. b a female guinea-pig. c the female of some other species. 2 a the main trough through which molten iron runs into side-channels to form pigs. b a large block of iron so formed. 3 (in full sow bug) esp. US a woodlouse. [OE sugu] |
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Traditional English :: sowback
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sow.html - n.
a low ridge of sand etc. |
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Traditional English :: sowbread
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sow.html - n.
a tuberous plant, Cyclamen hederifolium, with solitary nodding flowers. |
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Traditional English :: sown
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sow.html - past part. of SOW(1). |
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