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sow

[səu]
гл.; прош. вр. sowed, прич. прош. вр. sowed, sown
1. 1. = sow out сеять, высевать
  2. засевать, засеивать
2. сеять, разносить, распространять; насаждать
3. усеивать; посыпать, рассыпать
[sau] брит. / амер.
сущ.
1. свинья; свиноматка
2. метал.
  козёл; настыль

Biology (En-Ru)

sow

самка свиньи; свиноматка
медведица, имеющая медвежат
сеять, высеивать

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They became farmers in the fields of stars; they sowed, and sometimes they reaped.
Они стали пахарями звездных полей, они сеяли и порой собирали урожай.
Clarke, Arthur Charles / 2001 A Space OdysseyКларк, Артур Чарльз / 2001: Космическая одиссея
2001: Космическая одиссея
Кларк, Артур Чарльз
© Издательство "Мир", 1970
2001 A Space Odyssey
Clarke, Arthur Charles
© Arthur С. Clarke and Polaris Productions, Inc., 1968

He returned disappointed, with a tale that sowed dismay in Fenzileh and Marzak.
Вернулся он разочарованным, и его рассказ поверг в смятение Фензиле и Марзака.
Sabatini, Rafael / The Sea-HawkСабатини, Рафаэль / Морской ястреб
Морской ястреб
Сабатини, Рафаэль
© Тихонов Н Н., наследники, 2008
© ООО "Издательский дом «Вече», 2008
The Sea-Hawk
Sabatini, Rafael
© 2007 BiblioBazaar

Influence of the said method on the number of gentamycin-resistant mutants sowed patients.
Влияние заявляемого способа на число высеваемых у больных мутантов, устойчивых к гентамицину.
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It seemed to Scobie that he had sowed enough - against what harvest?
Скоби казалось, что он бросил в землю достаточно зерен – но для какой жатвы?
Greene, Henry Graham / The Heart of the MatterГрин, Генри Грэм / Суть дела
Суть дела
Грин, Генри Грэм
© Greene Graham, 1938, 1940, 1945
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
The Heart of the Matter
Greene, Henry Graham
© 1948 by Graham Greene
© Graham Greene, 1971

Since morning his mind had been running on that episode of Rosalie and Fortune, and now his thoughts returned to it, to the foul features of existence, the incessant, fated task of Nature, which sowed men broadcast like grains of wheat.
Только и слыша с раннего утра разговоры о беременности Розали, он в конце концов начал размышлять о грязи существования, о требованиях плоти, о роковом воспроизведении человеческого рода, сеющем людей, точно хлебные зерна.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

It's just our idea, exactly ours; we first sowed the seed, nurtured it, prepared the way, and, indeed, what could they say new, after us?
Та же наша идея, именно наша; мы, мы первые насадили ее, возрастили, приготовили, - да и что бы они могли сказать сами нового, после нас!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

He wasted what he would; he allowed his servants to despoil him at their pleasure; he sowed insolvency; and when the crop was ripe, notified his father with exasperating calm.
Он швырял деньгами направо и налево, позволял своим слугам обкрадывать себя и, когда окончательно запутывался в долгах, извещал об этом отца с хладнокровием, которое приводило того в бешенство.
Stevenson, Robert Louis / The wreckerСтивенсон, Роберт Луис / Потерпевшие кораблекрушение
Потерпевшие кораблекрушение
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Кыргызстан", 1986
The wrecker
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© 1891 by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
© 1905 by Charles Scribner's Sons

Nasopharynx microflora was sowed in patient treated with Rifampicin (1), as well as in patient treated with Rifampicin simultaneously with treatment according to the said method (2).
Осуществляли посев микрофлоры носоглотки у больного, получавшего лечение рифампицином (1), и больного, получавшего лечение рифампицином параллельно с лечением по заявляемому способу (2).
http://www.patentlens.net/ 11/6/2011
http://www.patentlens.net/ 11/6/2011

In a time of a great war, the House of Rahl was created to give birth to a line of powerful wizards, but in so doing, it also sowed the seeds of the end of magic for the world.
Дом Ралов возник во время великой войны и дал начало роду всемогущих волшебников, но с течением времени были посеяны и семена стремления лишить мир магии.
Goodkind, Terry / The pillars of creationГудкайнд, Терри / Седьмое правило Волшебника: Столпы творения
Седьмое правило Волшебника: Столпы творения
Гудкайнд, Терри
© Теrry Goodkind, 2001
© Перевод Н.Романецкий, 2003
© ООО "Издательство ACT", 2003
The pillars of creation
Goodkind, Terry
© 2001 by Теrry Goodkind

There was no work suitable to our instincts; so me and Liverpool began to subsist on the red rum of the country and such fruit as we could reap where we had not sown.
Работы по нашему вкусу не было, и мы с Ливерпулем стали питаться местным красным ромом и плодами, которые нам удавалось собирать там, где мы не сеяли.
O.Henry / The Day We CelebrateГенри, О. / День, который мы празднуем
День, который мы празднуем
Генри, О.
The Day We Celebrate
O.Henry

The biscop enjoins us to sow charity and distribute grain in lean times for the good of our souls, but my aunt says we'd best do it for the good of our holdings."
Епископы в такие времена раздают зерно, якобы ради Господа, но моя тетка говорит, что ради нашего же благосостояния.
Elliott, Kate / Prince of DogsЭллиот, Кейт / Собачий принц
Собачий принц
Эллиот, Кейт
Prince of Dogs
Elliott, Kate
© 1998 by Katrina Elliott

This same great personage conceived the brilliant idea of sowing his fields with poppies, as the result of an apparently simple calculation; poppy being dearer than rye, he argued, it is consequently more profitable to sow poppy.
Тот же самый сановник вздумал было засеять все свои поля маком, вследствие весьма, по-видимому, простого расчета: мак, дескать, дороже ржи, следовательно, сеять мак выгоднее.
Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.1Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.1
Записки охотника т.1
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
A Sportsman's Sketches v.1
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

To him they constitute no more than a field upon which corn is to be sown, and from which it is to be reaped.
Общество для него — это только нива, с которой он хочет снимать обильную жатву.
Dreiser, Theodore / The TitanДрайзер, Теодор / Титан
Титан
Драйзер, Теодор
© Издательство "Правда", 1981
The Titan
Dreiser, Theodore
© 1914 by JOHN LANE COMPANY

It was with this goal in mind that Himmler, in 1935, had sown the seeds of a well-designed stheme. It aimed at the two highest figures responsible for the German Army, Field Marshal von Blomberg and General von Fritsch.
С этой целью Гиммлер начал с 1935 года плести хорошо продуманную интригу против двух самых высоких лиц в германской армии фельдмаршала фон Бломберга и генерала фон Фрича.
Delarue, Jacques / The Gestapo: A History of HorrorДеларю, Жак / История гестапо
История гестапо
Деларю, Жак
© Перевод на русский язык Издательская группа «Прогресс» 1992
© 1962, «Fayard»
The Gestapo: A History of Horror
Delarue, Jacques
© Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2008
©Jacques Delarue, 2008

Meantime Arkady Pavlitch began questioning the bailiff about the crops, the sowing, and other agricultural subjects.
Между тем Аркадий Павлыч расспрашивал старосту об урожае, посеве и других хозяйственных предметах.
Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.1Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.1
Записки охотника т.1
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
A Sportsman's Sketches v.1
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

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посеял
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Collocations

aerial sowing

авиационный посев

aerial sowing

аэросев

band sowing

ленточный посев

cross sowing

перекрестный посев

fertilizer sowing rate

норма внесения удобрений

furrow sowing

бороздовой посев

hole sowing

гнездовой посев

land sown to wheat

площадь под пшеницей

narrow-row sowing

узкорядный посев

partial sowing

раздельный сев

precision sowing mechanism

механизм точного высева

ridge sowing

гребневой посев

sod sowing

посев по дернине

sow one's wild oats

вести разгульную жизнь

sow one's wild oats

вступать в беспорядочные сексуальные отношения

Word forms

sow

verb

Basic forms
Past	sowed
Imperative	sow
Present Participle (Participle I)	sowing
Past Participle (Participle II)	*sown, sowed**

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sow	we sow
you sow	you sow
he/she/it sows	they sow

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sowing	we are sowing
you are sowing	you are sowing
he/she/it is sowing	they are sowing

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have *sown, sowed**	we have *sown, sowed**
you have *sown, sowed**	you have *sown, sowed**
he/she/it has *sown, sowed**	they have *sown, sowed**

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sowing	we have been sowing
you have been sowing	you have been sowing
he/she/it has been sowing	they have been sowing

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sowed	we sowed
you sowed	you sowed
he/she/it sowed	they sowed

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sowing	we were sowing
you were sowing	you were sowing
he/she/it was sowing	they were sowing

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had *sown, sowed**	we had *sown, sowed**
you had *sown, sowed**	you had *sown, sowed**
he/she/it had *sown, sowed**	they had *sown, sowed**

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sowing	we had been sowing
you had been sowing	you had been sowing
he/she/it had been sowing	they had been sowing

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sow	we shall/will sow
you will sow	you will sow
he/she/it will sow	they will sow

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sowing	we shall/will be sowing
you will be sowing	you will be sowing
he/she/it will be sowing	they will be sowing

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have *sown, sowed**	we shall/will have *sown, sowed**
you will have *sown, sowed**	you will have *sown, sowed**
he/she/it will have *sown, sowed**	they will have *sown, sowed**

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sowing	we shall/will have been sowing
you will have been sowing	you will have been sowing
he/she/it will have been sowing	they will have been sowing

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sow	we should/would sow
you would sow	you would sow
he/she/it would sow	they would sow

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sowing	we should/would be sowing
you would be sowing	you would be sowing
he/she/it would be sowing	they would be sowing

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have *sown, sowed**	we should/would have *sown, sowed**
you would have *sown, sowed**	you would have *sown, sowed**
he/she/it would have *sown, sowed**	they would have *sown, sowed**

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been sowing	we should/would have been sowing
you would have been sowing	you would have been sowing
he/she/it would have been sowing	they would have been sowing

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am *sown, sowed**	we are *sown, sowed**
you are *sown, sowed**	you are *sown, sowed**
he/she/it is *sown, sowed**	they are *sown, sowed**

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being *sown, sowed**	we are being *sown, sowed**
you are being *sown, sowed**	you are being *sown, sowed**
he/she/it is being *sown, sowed**	they are being *sown, sowed**

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been *sown, sowed**	we have been *sown, sowed**
you have been *sown, sowed**	you have been *sown, sowed**
he/she/it has been *sown, sowed**	they have been *sown, sowed**

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was *sown, sowed**	we were *sown, sowed**
you were *sown, sowed**	you were *sown, sowed**
he/she/it was *sown, sowed**	they were *sown, sowed**

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being *sown, sowed**	we were being *sown, sowed**
you were being *sown, sowed**	you were being *sown, sowed**
he/she/it was being *sown, sowed**	they were being *sown, sowed**

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been *sown, sowed**	we had been *sown, sowed**
you had been *sown, sowed**	you had been *sown, sowed**
he/she/it had been *sown, sowed**	they had been *sown, sowed**

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be *sown, sowed**	we shall/will be *sown, sowed**
you will be *sown, sowed**	you will be *sown, sowed**
he/she/it will be *sown, sowed**	they will be *sown, sowed**

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been *sown, sowed**	we shall/will have been *sown, sowed**
you will have been *sown, sowed**	you will have been *sown, sowed**
he/she/it will have been *sown, sowed**	they will have been *sown, sowed**

The Universal DictionaryIt is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.

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