sow
/saʊ/
Also a verb
Meaning
An adult female pig, especially one that has produced a litter of piglets.
The farmer separated the pregnant sow from the rest of the herd before farrowing.
Collocations
- pregnant sow
- breeding sow
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Idioms
make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
to create something refined or high-quality from inferior materials
No amount of editing could make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.