sown

«sown» in Mova's school dictionary: the past participle of sow: planted as seeds — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (sown; from sow)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sown is the past participle of sow: planted as seeds. The farmer has sown wheat in the field. tree →

2) «Sown with» means spread with something, like a field sown with seeds. tree →

sense in the lessons

Maths: seeds or fields planted, often a rate per acre. Farming and science: seeds are sown in spring; you reap what you sow (a saying: what you do comes back to you). Stories and old texts.

examples

• The field was sown with 50 kg of seed. tree →
• 3 acres have been sown. tree →
• How many rows are sown? tree →
• Each acre sown needs 2 bags of seed. tree →
• The beans were sown in neat rows. tree →
• Once the seeds are sown, water them gently. tree →
• The farmer had sown corn in the big field. tree →
• SOME CRANES made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newly sown with wheat. tree →

note

Sow, sowed, sown (or sowed). Seeds or fields planted, often a rate per acre. Trap: do not read «sown» as «sewn» (with a needle). «Sow» (seeds) rhymes with «go»; a «sow» (a female pig) rhymes with «cow».

In the corpora

• And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
• For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown;
• Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sown» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.