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mow

1

[ moh ]

verb (used with object)

mowed, mowed or mown, mowing.
  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, mowing.
  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, mowing.
  1. to make mows, mouths, or grimaces.

mow

1

/ əʊ /

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

2

/ ʊ /

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

3

/ ʊ /

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

  • ˈǷɱ, noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mow1

First recorded before 900; Middle English mowen, mouwen “to stack hay or grain,” Old English ɲ “to mow;” cognate with Old Frisian ī, German ä

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 ū “sɲٳ”

Origin of mow3

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English moue, mouwe, mouhe, from Middle French moue “lip, pout,” Old French ö, from Frankish; akin to Middle Dutch mouwe “protruding lip”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mow1

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

Origin of mow2

Old English ūɲ; compare Old Norse ū heap, Greek ܰō

Origin of mow3

C14: from Old French moe a pout, or Middle Dutch mouwe
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Sharks play a critical role in the ecosystem as guardians of the seagrass, policing populations of turtles and other animals that would mow down all the seagrass if left unchecked.

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The 27-year-old said dead rodents mowed down by cars were becoming common, adding he had seen four in just one morning.

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Combine harvesters had been spotted mowing over baby deer and baby elk.

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I mean, just the way that I sound, but also we live in the Valley and we mow our own yard and do our own landscaping and stuff like that.

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It feels like the whole field is getting mowed to the dirt, with the latest layoffs hitting ABC’s news department.

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