sowing-time
Definition
- Noun:
- Season for planting seeds: "sowing-time" refers to the period of the year when seeds are planted in the ground, typically in agriculture or gardening.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Farmers prepare their fields well before sowing-time arrives. (The season for planting seeds.)
- The ancient calendar was based on the cycles of sowing-time and harvest. (The period for planting crops.)
Advanced Usage
"at sowing-time": during the season when seeds are sown.
- The village comes alive at sowing-time, with everyone working in the fields. (During the planting season.)
"before sowing-time": in the period leading up to the planting season.
- They must repair the plow before sowing-time begins. (Prior to the planting period.)
Variants and Related Words
Sow (verb): to plant seed by scattering it on or in the earth.
- She will sow the carrot seeds next week. (Plant the seeds.)
Sowing (noun/verb): the act of planting seeds.
- The sowing of wheat requires careful timing. (The planting process.)
Time (noun): a period or season.
- Harvest time follows sowing-time. (The season for gathering crops.)
Synonyms
- Planting season: the period when seeds are put into the ground.
- Seedtime: an older term for the season of sowing.
Related Idioms
Sow the seeds of: to initiate or cause something to develop (not directly about sowing-time, but related to "sow").
- His speech sowed the seeds of doubt in their minds. (He caused doubt to begin.)
As you sow, so shall you reap: one's actions determine the consequences (a proverb about cause and effect).
- If you work hard during sowing-time, you will have a good harvest. (Effort leads to reward.)