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verb (used with object)
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)
3.
to cut down grass, grain, etc.
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Mow
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4.
mow down,
a.
to destroy or kill indiscriminately or in great numbers, as troops in battle.
b.
to defeat, overwhelm, or overcome: The team mowed down its first four opponents.
c.
to knock down.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English mowen, Old English māwan; cognate with German mähen
before 900; Middle English mowen, Old English māwan; cognate with German mähen
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noun
1.
the place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
2.
a heap or pile of hay or of sheaves of grain in a barn.
verb (used with object)
3.
Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. to store (hay) in a barn.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English mow(e), Old English mūwa, mūha, mūga; cognate with Old Norse mūgi swath
before 900; Middle English mow(e), Old English mūwa, mūha, mūga; cognate with Old Norse mūgi swath
noun
1.
a wry or derisive grimace.
verb (used without object)
2.
to make mows, mouths, or grimaces.
Also, mowe.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English mowe < Middle French moue lip, pout, Old French moe < Frankish; akin to Middle Dutch mouwe protruded lip
1275–1325; Middle English mowe < Middle French moue lip, pout, Old French moe < Frankish; akin to Middle Dutch mouwe protruded lip
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| mow3 (maʊ) | |
| —n, —vb | |
| an archaic word for grimace | |
| [C14: from Old French moe a pout, or Middle Dutch mouwe] | |
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Word Origin & History
mow
O.E. mawan (class VII strong verb; past tense meow, pp. mawen), from P.Gmc. *mæanan (cf. M.L.G. maeyen, Du. maaien, Ger. mähen "to mow," O.E. mæd "meadow"), from PIE base *me- "to mow" (cf. poetic Gk. amao, L. metere, It. mietere, Welsh medi). Related: Mowed; mown; mowing.
EXPANDmow
"stack of hay," O.E. muga, muwa "a heap, swath of corn, crowd of people," earlier muha, from P.Gmc. *mugon (cf. O.N. mugr "a heap," mostr "crowd").
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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