scatter+seed

  • 31scatter — [[t]skæ̱tə(r)[/t]] scatters, scattering, scattered 1) VERB If you scatter things over an area, you throw or drop them so that they spread all over the area. [V n prep/adv] She tore the rose apart and scattered the petals over the grave... [V n… …

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  • 32scatter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. strew, disperse, disseminate, dispel, dissipate. See dispersion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become separated] Syn. run apart, run away, go one s own way, diverge, disperse, disband, migrate, spread …

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  • 33scatter — 01. The papers in the room were [scattered] all over the floor. 02. The zebras quickly [scattered] as the lion charged at the herd. 03. Children [scattered] flowers before the wedding couple as they exited the church. 04. My children s bedroom… …

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  • 34seed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. germ, ovule, semen, milt; cause, origin; offspring, children, descendants; grain, corn. See beginning, organic matter, posterity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A botanical ovule]. Seeds and fruits commonly… …

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  • 35seed — n 1.Bot. ovule, Bot. embryo, Embryol. germ, Bot. ovum; tuber, bulb, Bot. corm. 2. sperm, spermatic fluid, semen, spermatozoa, milt; egg, gamete, germ cell; zygote, fertilized egg, spawn, roe. 3. germ, source, root, origin, cause, provocation;… …

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  • 36We Plough the Fields and Scatter — We Plough the Fields and Scat|ter a ↑hymn (=a song of praise to God) sung in the UK at ↑Harvest Festivals. It begins: We plough the fields and scatter/The good seed on the land,/But it is fed and watered/By God s almighty hand …

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  • 37Seeds — Seed Seed (s[=e]d), n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], s[ae][eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s seed of men, world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf.… …

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  • 38sow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. strew, scatter, disseminate, broadcast; plant, seed. See agriculture, dispersion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. seed, disseminate, propagate, scatter, plant, broadcast, drill in, drill seed, use a drill… …

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  • 39sow — sow1 sowable, adj. sower, n. /soh/, v., sowed, sown or sowed, sowing. v.t. 1. to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant. 2. to plant seed for: to sow a crop. 3. to scatter seed over ( …

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  • 40Sow — Sow, v. t. [imp. {Sowed}; p. p. {Sown}or {Sowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sowing}.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. s[=a]wan; akin to OFries. s?a, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. s[=a]jan, G. s[ a]en, Icel. s[=a], Sw. s[*a], Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith. s[=e]ti, Russ.… …

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