sow

I [səu] past tense - sowed; verb

1) (to scatter over, or put in, the ground: I sowed lettuce in this part of the garden.) sejati

2) (to plant seed over: This field has been sown with wheat.) posejati

II noun

(a female pig.) svinja

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I [sáu]

noun

zoology svinja; technical kalup za ulivanje železa; technical kos litega železa

as drunk as a sow slang pijan ko mavra

to get (to take) the wrong sow by the ear figuratively ne pogoditi pravo (pravega krivca), prevarati se, ušteti se, potegniti napačne sklepe

you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear figuratively iz slabega materiala ne moreš napraviti nič dobrega, figuratively ne moreš od koga zahtevati več od tistega, za kar je sposoben

II [sóu]

intransitive verb & transitive verb

sejati, opraviti setev; posejati (seme), zasejati; figuratively raztresti, razširiti; gosto (kaj) posuti (with z)

as you sow so you shall reap — kakor si sejal, tako boš žel

you must reap what you have sown — kot si si postlal, tako boš spal; kar si skuhal, moraš tudi pojesti

to sow the seeds of hatred (revolt) figuratively (za)sejati seme sovraštva (upora)

to sow one's wild oats — izdivjati se (v mladosti)

to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind — sejati veter in žeti vihar