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mow

1

[moh]

verb (used with object)

mowed, mowed, 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, 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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Other 51Թ 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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Israelis have a brutal phrase for this strategy; they call it "mowing the grass".

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They each started saving from the age of 13, earning money mowing lawns and working in restaurants.

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Schools have been directed to clean their playgrounds, mow any grass areas and check their basements for rats.

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Jack Kochanowicz mowed through his first three innings against the Yankees on Monday night.

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"We do not plan to play preferred lies. The playing surfaces are outstanding and are drying by the hour. We are mowing the fairways this evening," read a statement published on Wednesday evening.

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