sow

[US]/səʊ/
[UK]/soʊ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. kushamba kwa mizigo, kushamba mizigo kwenye.
Word Forms
Third Person Singularsows
Present Participlesowing
Pluralsows
Past Tensesowed
Past Participlesown

Phrases & Collocations

sow seeds

kutengua makasi

sow discord

kupiga mshindi

sow confusion

kupiga mshindi

sow doubt

kupiga mshindi

sow chaos

kupiga mshindi

Example Sentences

sow a field with wheat

panda shamba kwa shayiri.

sowing in narrow strips

kuchuma katika mstari mafupi

sow seeds in the field

sow seeds in the field

sow rumors and dissension.

kuchuma mafanikio na kushindwa kwa mafanikio

It is too soon to sow yet.

Hakuna muda mwingine kuchuma

When will the sow farrow?

Nguruwe atazaliwa lini?

sow the plants in early September.

chuma mizani kwa mwezi Septemba mwa awali

sow the seed in the spring

sow the seed in the spring

sow the seed in the ground

sow the seed in the ground

sow the seeds of distrust

chuma mizani ya kushindwa kwa mafanikio

a plant that self-sows readily.

mizani ambayo inachuma pamoja na mizani mengine

"As you sow, so will you reap."

Kama unakua, ndivyo utakavyokua.

sows should be unconfined at farrowing.

mizani yana toa mafanikio ya kushindwa kwa mafanikio

As a man sows, so he shall reap.

Kama mwanadamu anachuma, haya anapokea

The spring-sowing season has set in.

Mwezi wa kuchuma mwa mizani umekua

a young sow that has not farrowed

mke mpya ambaye hazifarrow

The problem is that he never sowed his wild oats before he got married, and he wants to sow them now.

Moyo mwingine ni kwamba alipita miguu yake ya miguu yote kabla ya kumaliza mazuri, na anataka kuzima zilizowekwa sasa.

Remember: the one who sows meagerly will reap meagerly, and there shall be generous harvests for the one who sows generously.

Hukumbana: mwenye chuma mizani mafupi anapokea mizani mafupi, na kuna mizani mazuri kwa mwenye chuma mizani mazuri.

The government’s repressive policies are sowing the seeds of rebellion.

mashibiri ya serikali ya kuchanganyika inaondoa matokeo ya ukuaji.

Real-world Examples

Some farmers are injecting pregnant sows to cause abortions.

Baada ya mazoea, baadhi ya mwanamalimba wanachinza mabegu ya mwenye mizigo kusababisha kuchoma.

Source: New York Times

They might have to reap what they sow.

Wanaweza kusafiri kwa mazoea yao.

Source: VOA Special August 2019 Collection

Those fools would never catch the sow.

Wale wapimpaa hawajui kumwacha mabe.

Source: Gone with the Wind

The farmer sowed the field with wheat.

Mwanamalimba alizoea mguu na miguu.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

Then they're gonna reap what they sow.

Kisha wanasafiri kwa mazoea yao.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

Her reforms, it is said, sowed the seeds of the recent economic crisis.

Mipango yake, kama hujui, yalizoea mizigo ya kisukari kwa mizigo ya kisukari ya siku hizi.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

They reached the little field where they were to sow.

Walikaribia mguu mnyewe ambapo walikuwa wanaizoea.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

For example, we often say that 'you reap what you sow'.

Kwa mfano, tunaamua kwa mazoea yao.

Source: Yilin Edition Oxford High School English (Elective 9)

The ground must have been ploughed, and sowed, and harrowed, and reaped.

Mguu lazima alikuwa amechumia, amezoea, amechumia, na amesafiri.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

Former British Foreign Secretary William Hague warned that a British exit could sow wider division.

Mkono wa Kitaifa wa Uingereza William Hague alitafuta kuwa kuchoma kwa Uingereza inaweza kuzoea mizigo mengine.

Source: VOA Standard Speed Compilation June 2016

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