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mow

1

[ moh ]

verb (used with object)

, mowed, mowed or mown, mow·ing.
  1. to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
  2. to cut grass, grain, etc., from:

    to mow the lawn.



verb (used without object)

, mowed, mowed or mown, mow·ing.
  1. to cut down grass, grain, etc.

verb phrase

    1. to destroy or kill indiscriminately or in great numbers, as troops in battle.
    2. to defeat, overwhelm, or overcome:

      The team mowed down its first four opponents.

    3. to knock down.

mow

2

[ mou ]

noun

  1. a heap or pile of hay or of sheaves of grain in a barn.
  2. the place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.

verb (used with object)

  1. Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. to store (hay) in a barn.

mow

3
or mowe

[ mou, moh ]

noun

  1. a wry or derisive grimace.

verb (used without object)

, mowed, mow·ing.
  1. to make mows, mouths, or grimaces.

mow

1

/ maʊ /

noun

  1. the part of a barn where hay, straw, etc, is stored
  2. the hay, straw, etc, stored
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


mow

2

/ məʊ /

verb

  1. to cut down (grass, crops, etc) with a hand implement or machine
  2. tr to cut the growing vegetation of (a field, lawn, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mow

3

/ maʊ /

noun

  1. an archaic word for grimace
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈmower, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mow1

First recorded before 900; Middle English mowen, mouwen “to stack hay or grain,” Old English māwan “to mow;” cognate with Old Frisian mīa, German mähen

Origin of mow2

First recorded before 900; Middle English mow(e), mou, moghe, Old English mūga, mūha, mūwa “a heap or stack of grain”; cognate with Old Norse mūgi “swath”

Origin of mow3

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English moue, mouwe, mouhe, from Middle French moue “lip, pout,” Old French möe, from Frankish; akin to Middle Dutch mouwe “protruding lip”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mow1

Old English mūwa; compare Old Norse mūgr heap, Greek mukōn

Origin of mow2

Old English māwan; related to Old High German māen, Middle Dutch maeyen to mow, Latin metere to reap, Welsh medi

Origin of mow3

C14: from Old French moe a pout, or Middle Dutch mouwe
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Example Sentences

Though it would mow your lawn at International Space Station orbital speed—17,000 mph.

It entailed deploying the Israeli army into Palestinian refugee camps to “mow the grass.”

I would mow the lawn and take out the trash; I was making my own fishing lures.

No, these are clothes that a man could well mow his lawn in.

If their lives were made into horror movies, that rampaging little pink toadstool would mow them down every time.

So Humphrey continued to mow and make hay, while Edward and Jacob went out for venison.

June arrived, and it was time to mow down grass to make into hay for the winter, and Jacob had two scythes.

And when thou hast been praised, O Rudra, be gracious to him who magnifies thee, and let thy armies mow down others than us!

Men who had spent many a rainy day in the hay-mow, gambling, knew that he had played poker.

If-itty-teshi-mow Jays Haddee ny up-plo-now-shi-buh nays;ha!

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