sown

For the verb: "to sow"

Simple Past:	sowed
Past Participle:	sown

Multiple Entries:
  sown    sow  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sown/səʊn/

past participle of sow1.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sow1 /səʊ/

▶verb (past sowed /səʊd/; past part. sown /səʊn/ or sowed)

• 1 plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth.

  ■ plant (an area) with seed.

• 2 disseminate or introduce (something unwelcome): the new policy has sown confusion and doubt.

– derivatives
sower noun.

– origin OE sāwan, of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sow2 /saʊ/

▶noun

• 1 an adult female pig, especially one which has farrowed.

  ■ the female of certain other mammals, e.g. the guinea pig.

• 2 a large block of metal (larger than a ‘pig’) made by smelting.

– origin OE sugu.