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[the words ‘sew’ and the first ‘sow’ rhyme with “so”, but the second ‘sow’ rhymes with the word “now” or "cow"]
“Sew” (verb ~~~ sew – sewed – sewed/sewn – sewing , and rhymes with ‘so’) is ‘to join or fasten two pieces of cloth or leather, with stitches using a needle and thread or a machine called “sewing machine”; to finish a business agreement or plan and get the results one wants’,
sewing a shirt on a sewing machine
e.g.
Girls are taught to sew at school.
Can you sew a button on my shirt, please?
The doctor cut up the patient’s stomach and then sewed it up for no good reason.
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“Sow” (verb ~~~ sow – sowed – sown/sowed – sowing , and rhymes with ‘so’) is ‘to put seeds of plants/trees in the soil in order to grow new plants/trees; to do something now that will result in a bad situation in the future’,
sowing seeds
e.g.
Farmers begin to sow seeds in their fields at the onset of monsoon.
Gardeners are advised to sow seeds with a lot of space between one seed and the other for the plants to grow well in future.
He sowed the seed of doubt in our minds of the other members by not attending the meeting.
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“Sow” (noun and rhymes with ‘now’) is ‘a fully grown female pig’,
a sow with its piglets
e.g.
My neighbour rears about fifty sows on his farm.
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