sow-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: seed, place seeds in the ground

Commentary: Includes: SOW IN Does not include metaphorical uses.

Examples:
She sowed the sunflower seeds.
She sowed the ground with sunflower seeds.

Mappings:
VerbNet: spray-9.7-1
FrameNet: Placing,Filling
PropBank: sow.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sow_in 1

Sense Number 2: introduce into an environment

Commentary: Includes metaphorical uses.

Examples:
They sowed seeds of doubt.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: sow.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: live promiscuously and self-indulgently

Commentary: Includes: SOW ONE'S OATS and SOW ONE'S WILD OATS

Examples:
I never sowed my wild oats and never experimented with anybody or
anything.
He sowed his oats and he went the pace-he lived like a Fat Man's son.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sow_one's_wild_oats 1
sow_one's_oats 1