Sown is the past participle and simple past tense form of sow, meaning to plant seeds. In pronunciation, it is a single syllable that rhymes with gone, with the vowel sound as in /oʊ/ in many dialects, and often realized as a long mid back diphthong. The word functions as a verb form in sentences like 'The farmer has sown seeds' and as a noun in specialized contexts, though rare. In standard usage, focus on the /soʊn/ sequence rather than any separate consonant cluster.
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