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mow

1  [moh] verb, mowed, mowed or mown, mow⋅ing.
Use mows down in a Sentence
–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.
—Verb phrase
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:
bef. 900; ME mowen, OE māwan; c. G mähen
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Word Origin & History

mow  (n.)
"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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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