sown
See also: sow'n
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /soʊn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səʊn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊn
- Homophones: Saône, sewn, sone
Verb
sown
- past participle of sow
Noun
sown (uncountable)
- (especially historiography) Cultivated land inhabited by sedentary agriculturalists, in contrast to the nomad pastoralists of the steppe or desert.