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produce
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pr?d?c? (“to lead forth”), from pr?- (“forth, forward”) + d?c? (“to lead, bring”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Pronunciation
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pr?dyo?os?, IPA(key): /p???dju?s/, /p???d??u?s/
- (General American) enPR: pr?do?os?, IPA(key): /p???dus/
- Rhymes: -u?s
- Hyphenation: pro?duce
- Noun
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pr?d'yo?os, IPA(key): /?p??dju?s/, /?p??d??u?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?o?.dus/, /?p??.dus/
- Hyphenation: prod?uce
Verb
produce (third-person singular simple present produces, present participle producing, simple past and past participle produced)
- (transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
- (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
- (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
- to produce a man's life to threescore
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
- (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
Derived terms
- reproduce
Related terms
Synonyms
- (To yield, make or manufacture; to generate): bring forth, come up with
Antonyms
- (to make or manufacture): destroy, ruin
Translations
Noun
produce (uncountable)
- That which is produced.
- Synonyms: output, proceeds, product, yield
- Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
- Offspring.
- 1865, The Turf and the Racehorse
- With regard to the mare that has proved herself of the first class during her racing career, let us contrast the probable success of her produce […]
- 1865, The Turf and the Racehorse
- (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.
Usage notes
Frequently used in the collocation produce aisle, since c. 1960, specifically in the sense “fruits and vegetables”.
Hypernyms
- (items produced): output, products
Translations
References
Further reading
- produce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- produce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- produce at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- crouped
Interlingua
Verb
produce
- present of producer
- imperative of producer
Italian
Verb
produce
- third-person singular indicative present of produrre
Latin
Verb
pr?d?ce
- second-person singular present active imperative of pr?d?c?
Noun
pr?duce
- ablative singular of pr?dux
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pr?d?cere, present active infinitive of pr?d?c?, French produire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pro?du.t?e]
Verb
a produce (third-person singular present produce, past participle produs) 3rd conj.
- (transitive) to produce
Conjugation
Derived terms
- produc?tor
- producere
- produs
Related terms
- produc?ie
Spanish
Verb
produce
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of producir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of producir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of producir.
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sow
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sug? (compare West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge), from Proto-Indo-European *suh?kéh? (compare Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit ???? (s?kará, “swine, boar”)), from *suH- ‘pig’ (compare German Sau, Latin s?s, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ?? (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan ????????? (h?, “boar”). See also swine.
Alternative forms
- (dial.): zew, soo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophone: sough
Noun
sow (plural sows or swine)
- A female pig.
- A female bear, she-bear.
- A female guinea pig.
- A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
- A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
- 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 160:
- 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, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 160:
- (derogatory, slang) A contemptible, often fat woman.
- A sowbug.
- (military) 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Craig to this entry?)
Usage notes
The plural form swine is now obsolete in this sense.
Synonyms
- (mass of metal solidified in a mold): ingot
- (contemptible woman): bitch, cow
Derived terms
- make a silk purse of a sow's ear
Translations
See also
- boar
- hog
- pig
Etymology 2
From Middle English sowen, from Old English s?wan, from Proto-Germanic *s?an?, from Proto-Indo-European *seh?-. Compare Dutch zaaien, German säen, Danish så, Norwegian Bokmål så.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s??/
- (US) IPA(key): /so?/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophones: seau, sew, so, soe, soh
Verb
sow (third-person singular simple present sows, present participle sowing, simple past sowed, past participle sown or sowed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
- When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
- As you sow, so shall you reap.
- (figuratively) To spread abroad; to propagate.
- And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.
- (figuratively) To scatter over; to besprinkle.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, […] and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
Synonyms
- plant, scatter
Derived terms
- besow
- intersow
- oversow
- reap what one sows
- sower
- sown
- sow one's wild oats
- sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
Translations
Anagrams
- OSW, OWS, W.O.s, WOs, wos
Middle English
Noun
sow
- Alternative form of sowe
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