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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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Mows down
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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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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Word Origin & History
mow
"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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