semer

semer [s(ə)me]

➭ TABLE 5 transitive verb

   a. [+ discorde, graines] to sow ; [+ confusion, terreur] to spread

• semer le doute dans l'esprit de qn to sow doubts in sb's mind

   b. [+ poursuivant] (inf) to shake off

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s(ə)me

verbe transitif

1) Agriculture to sow [graines]

semer à la volée — to sow, to broadcast

2) (apporter) to sow [discorde, trouble]; to spread [confusion, panique]; [arme, ouragan] to bring [mort]

semer le doute — to sow doubt

3) (parsemer)

semer des clous sur la route — to strew the road with nails

mission semée de difficultés — mission bristling with difficulties

copie semée de fautes — written work riddled with errors

ciel semé d'étoiles — star-spangled sky

on récolte ce qu'on a semé — as you sow so shall you reap

4) (colloq) (perdre) to drop

5) (colloq) (distancer) to shake off [poursuivant, gêneur]; to leave [somebody] behind [concurrent]

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s(ə)me vt

1) [graines] to sow

2) fig, [confusion] to spread

semer la discorde parmi — to sow discord among

3) (= éparpiller) [vêtements, affaires, livres] to scatter

4) * [poursuivants] to lose, to shake off

5)

semé de [difficultés] — riddled with

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semer verb table: lever vtr

1 Agric to sow [graines]; semer à la volée to sow, to broadcast; champ semé de colza field sown with rape;

2 (apporter) to sow [discorde, trouble]; to spread [confusion, panique, désordre]; [arme, ouragan] to bring [mort]; semer le doute to sow doubts;

3 (parsemer) semer des clous sur la route to strew the road with nails; semé de strewn with; elle a semé ses jouets dans toute la maison she has scattered her toys all over the house; semer son argent fig to throw one's money about; mission semée de difficultés mission bristling with difficulties; copie semée de fautes copy riddled with errors; ciel semé d'étoiles star-spangled sky; on récolte ce qu'on a semé as you sow so shall you reap;

4 ○(perdre) to drop; j'ai dû semer mes clés I must have dropped my keys;

5 (distancer) to shake off [poursuivant, gêneur]; to leave [sb] behind [concurrent].

Idiome

qui sème le vent récolte la tempête Prov he who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind.

[səme] verbe transitif

1. AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE to sow

semer un champ to sow a field

Je sème à tout ventslogan of the Larousse publishing house

2. (figuré) [disperser - fleurs, paillettes] to scatter, to strew

semé de scattered ou strewn with

parcours semé d'embûches course littered with obstacles

il sème ses affaires partout he leaves his things everywhere

3. (familier) [laisser tomber] to drop

4. [distancer] to lose, to shake off (separable)

semer le peloton to leave the pack behind

5. [propager] to bring

semer le désordre ou la pagaille to wreak havoc

semer la discorde to sow the seeds of discord

semer le doute dans l'esprit de quelqu'un to sow ou to plant a seed of doubt in somebody's mind