SOWER
What does "SOWER" mean?
A person who scatters or plants seed, literally or figuratively.
Meanings
- One who sows seed over ground by hand or machine. The sower walked the field at dawn, casting grain in wide arcs.
- One who spreads or originates something, such as ideas or discord. History remembers him as a sower of doubt. figurative
Did you know?
- Vincent van Gogh was obsessed with the figure of the sower, painting and drawing the subject many times because for him the man casting seed at sunset stood for hope and renewal.
Word origin
From Old English 'sawan' (to sow seed), from Proto-Germanic 'sean', from the Indo-European root 'se-' meaning to sow, which also gives Latin 'semen' (seed) and English 'season'.
Remember it
A SOWER SOWs, just as a mower mows; trade the M for an S and you change the job.
A little poem
He throws the grain and cannot watch it grow;
the harvest belongs to a season he won't see-
still, every morning, out he goes to sow.
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Wordplay
- The careless sower and the careful seamstress had one thing in common: both spent the day deciding where the seams, and the seeds, should go.
What it teaches
A sower works for a harvest he may never reap; plant anyway.
Quick facts
What does SOWER mean?
A person who scatters or plants seed, literally or figuratively.
Is SOWER a valid word?
Yes — SOWER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SOWER?
SOWER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SOWER come from?
From Old English 'sawan' (to sow seed), from Proto-Germanic 'sean', from the Indo-European root 'se-' meaning to sow, which also gives Latin 'semen' (seed) and English 'season'.
What can SOWER teach us?
A sower works for a harvest he may never reap; plant anyway.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.