sowing
Definitions
The act of planting seeds in the ground by scattering them.
The process of spreading, dispersing, or introducing something, such as ideas or discord, so that it may develop or grow.
Examples
The farmer spent the entire morning sowing seeds in the fertile soil.
By spreading rumors about his colleagues, he was sowing discord throughout the office.
Synonyms
planting seeding scattering disseminating cultivating broadcasting propagating