noun
sower
SOH-er/ˈsəʊər/
A person who plants seeds.
The sower scatters handfuls of seeds across the prepared soil.
Etymology
The agent ending turns the action of sowing into the person who performs it. The inherited noun specifically names someone scattering seed on the ground to grow food.
In context
In this parable, Jesus describes a sower who casts his seeds, which fall in four main areas.
More examples
- Each sower carries a small bag of wheat seeds.
- The sowers work their way slowly across the field.
- A careful sower plants each seed at the recommended depth.
Forms
sower · sowers
sow verb — To scatter or plant seeds in soil.
Similar words
- planter
- Can plant seedlings or trees as well as seeds.
- gardener
- Cares for garden plants, with sowing only one possible task.