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mow

[ moh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

mowed, mowed or mown, mowing.

to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
to cut grass, grain, etc., from:
to mow the lawn.

verb (used without object)

mowed, mowed or mown, mowing.

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

[ mou ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

verb (used with object)

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

mow

or mowe

[ mou, moh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a wry or derisive grimace.

verb (used without object)

mowed, mowing.

to make mows, mouths, or grimaces.

mow

/ ��əʊ /

verb

to cut down (grass, crops, etc) with a hand implement or machine
tr to cut the growing vegetation of (a field, lawn, etc)

mow

/ ��ʊ /

noun

the part of a barn where hay, straw, etc, is stored
the hay, straw, etc, stored

mow

/ ��ʊ /

noun

an archaic word for grimace

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Derived Forms

ˈ��Ƿɱ��, 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 ��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�� “s�ɲ��ٳ�”

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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Word 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 ��ū�ɲ�; 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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Man who mowed down students with his car, killing teen outside Westlake High, pleads guilty to murder rampage.

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If you don’t mow your lawn, the grass doesn’t stop growing.

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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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