Meaning & use
sown
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The past participle of "sow," meaning planted seeds in the ground, or figuratively, caused something to develop.
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The fields had been sown with wheat weeks before the rains came.
His careless remarks had sown doubt among the team.
A note on using this word
Easily confused with "sewn," the past participle of "sew" (to stitch fabric) — the two are pronounced alike but mean entirely different things.
Words with a similar meaning
plantedseeded
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