11 verb AGR, HORT crop, seeds TRANSITIVEcuir verb c m usíolaigh verb c m uI sowed some lettuce seedschuir mé roinnt síolta leitísegrass is best sown in autumnis fearr síol féir a chur san fhómhar2 verb AGR, HORT plant (land) with seeds TRANSITIVEcuir verb c m usíolaigh verb c m uone field was sown with wheatcuireadh cruithneacht i ngort amháin, bhí gort amháin faoi chruithneacht3 verb create (confusion, doubt, etc) TRANSITIVEcothaigh verb c m uit sowed doubts in my mindchothaigh sé an t-amhras ionam, bhuail amhras mé dá bharr
phrases
to sow the seeds of sth
(also
to sow seeds of sth
, to plant the seeds of sth
, to plant seeds of sth
)síol ruda a churthis sowed the seeds of unrest in the communitychuir sé seo míshuaimhneas ar an bpobal, chothaigh sé seo corraíl sa phobal
sow
2 noun ZOOLcráin fem5 c m ucráin mhuice c m usow styfail cránach
phrases
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
proverb cuir síoda ar ghabhar agus is gabhar i gcónaí éis deacair olann a bhaint de ghabhar