sow

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verb
verb: sow; 3rd person present: sows; past tense: sowed; gerund or present participle: sowing; past participle: sown
plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth.
"sow a thin layer of seeds on top"
synonyms: plant, scatter, spread, disperse, strew, disseminate, distribute, broadcast; More
drill, seed
"sow the seeds in rows"
plant the seeds of (a plant or crop).
"the corn had just been sown"
plant (a piece of land) with seed.
"the field used to be sown with oats"
be thickly covered with.
"we walked through a valley sown with boulders"
cause to appear or spread.
"the new policy has sown confusion and doubt"
synonyms: cause, bring about, occasion, create, lead to, produce, spread, engender, generate, prompt, initiate, precipitate, trigger, provoke; More
culminate in, entail, necessitate;
foster, foment;
literarybeget
"the new policy has sown confusion

A man reaps what he sows.