Sow..But pronounced so in planting..
To sow (long O) is to plant seeds. A sow (short O) is a female pig.
Homographs for "sow" are: "sow" meaning to plant seeds in the ground "sow" meaning a female pig
It dependson the sow you are talking about. If it sow as in scattering seeds, then it is a verb. If it is sow as in a female pig, then it is a noun.
Sow is a verb meaning to plant seeds. It's also a noun meaning an adult female pig.
A pig that is young and is a female is called a pig.
a female pig is called a 'sow' While an adult female pig is called a 'sow', that term is not applied until adulthood. All baby female pig is a 'gilt'.
A castrated female pig is called a gilt.
A female pig that has given birth is called a sow.
A pig is either male or female. A male intact pig is called a boar, a male castrated pig is called a barrow, a mature female is called a sow and an immature female is called a gilt.
A female pig is called a "Sow".
"Sow" is a homograph because it can have two different meanings and pronunciations: as a verb meaning to plant seeds, pronounced like "soh"; and as a noun referring to a female pig, pronounced like "sow."
If you mean what is a female pig called it is a sow