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mow1 definition

mow (mō)

transitive verb, intransitive verb mowed, mowed or mown, mowing mow′·ing

  1. to cut down (standing grass or grain) with a sickle, scythe, lawn mower, etc.
  2. to cut grass or grain from (a lawn, field, etc.)

Etymology: ME mowen < OE mawan, akin to Ger mähen < IE base *mē-, *met- > L metere, to mow

Related Forms:

mow Idioms

mow down

  1. to cause to fall like grass or grain being cut
  2. to kill or destroy as with swift, sudden strokes, gunfire, etc.
  3. to overwhelm (an opponent)
mow2 definition

mow (mo̵u)

noun

  1. a stack or heap of hay, grain, etc., esp. in a barn
  2. the part of a barn where hay or grain is stored; haymow or hayloft

Etymology: ME mowe < OE muga, a heap, pile, akin to ON mūgi, a crowd, swath < Gmc *mug- < IE base *muk-, heap > Gr mykōn

mow3 definition

mow (mō, mo̵u)

noun, intransitive verb

Archaic grimace

Etymology: ME mowe < OFr moue < Frank *mauwa, akin to MDu mouwe: for IE base see mope

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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