sower

[ soh-er ]
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noun
  1. a person, machine, or device that scatters seed over the earth for the purpose of growth: The plows went up and down the fields, the sowers plodding after them.This sower has a capacity of 6 bags of grass seed, ideal for use on small farms or golf courses.

  2. a person who introduces or seeks to foster a certain attitude, feeling, condition, etc., in others: The Mayan god Tezcatlipoca, thought to incite wars, was called Necocyautl, meaning "sower of discord on both sides."

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How to use sower in a sentence

  • I am to be introduced to the greatest sower of ideas of the century, the author of the Social Contract, Rousseau.

    Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas
  • The evil seed thus sown did not fail to take root and bring forth its fruit, just as the sower intended.

    Adrift on the Pacific | Edward S. Ellis
  • The field was evidently now open, and waiting for the sower of the precious seed of the Word.

    Mary and I | Stephen Return Riggs
  • An' so 'e did, till 'e married that day six months an' take to the drink in sower. '

  • More saving of labor still is the horse sower, which is simply the hand sower on a larger scale.