purge vs sow

purge

noun
  • A cleansing of pipes. 

  • An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting. 

  • That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic. 

  • An act of purging. 

  • A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity. 

verb
  • To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds. 

  • To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit. 

  • To forcibly remove people from. 

  • To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic. 

  • To trim, dress, or prune. 

  • To remove by cleansing; to wash away. 

  • To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor). 

  • To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner. 

  • To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities. 

  • To forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity. 

  • To become pure, as by clarification. 

  • To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation. 

sow

noun
  • A channel that conducts molten metal to molds. 

  • A mass of metal solidified in a mold. 

  • A sowbug. 

  • A female bear, she-bear. 

  • A contemptible, often fat woman. 

  • A female guinea pig. 

  • 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. 

  • A female pig. 

verb
  • To scatter over; to besprinkle. 

  • To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds). 

  • To spread abroad; to propagate. 

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