sow

noun9

1. •
   A female animal
2. •
   A female pig.
3. •
   A female bear; she-bear.

   • Lucky he wasn't a sow. They've usually just dropped a cub this time of year. A sow would have been cranky as hell. — 1995
4. •
   A female guinea pig.
5. •
   (slang, offensive) A contemptible, often fat woman.
6. •
   A mass of metal solidified in a mold.

   • In England, it was generally termed a 'sow', if the weight was above 10 cwts., if below, it was termed a 'pig' from which the present term 'pig iron' is derived. — 1957
7. •
   Clipping of sowbug.
8. •
   A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
9. •
   A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.

verb3

1. •
   To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).

   • When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
2. •
   (figurative) To spread abroad; to propagate.

   • as you sow, so shall you reap
3. •
   (figurative) To scatter over; to besprinkle.

   • The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, […] and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. — 1677

noun2

1. •
   Initialism of statement of work (“a document in project management, including deliverables and timelines”).
2. •
   Initialism of standoff weapon.