Mow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The place in a barn where hay, grain, or other feed is stored.
  • n. A stack of hay or other feed stored in a barn.
  • v. To cut down (grass or grain) with a scythe or a mechanical device.
  • v. To cut (grass or grain) from: mow the lawn.
  • verb-intransitive. To cut down grass or other growth.
  • phrasal-verb. mow down To destroy in great numbers as if cutting down, as in battle.
  • phrasal-verb. mow down To overwhelm: mowed down the opposition with strong arguments.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cut something (especially grass or crops) down or knock down.
  • v. To make grimaces, mock.
  • n. A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
  • v. To put into mows.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A wry face.
  • verb-intransitive. To make mouths.
  • n. Same as mew, a gull.
  • v. May; can.
  • v. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
  • v. To cut the grass from.
  • v. To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down.
  • verb-intransitive. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.
  • n. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.
  • n. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
  • v. To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cut down (grass or grain) with a sharp implement; cut with a scythe or (in recent use) a mowing-machine; hence, to cut down in general.
  • To cut the grass from: as, to mow a meadow.
  • To cut down indiscriminately, or in great numbers or quantity.
  • To cut down grass or grain; practise mowing; use the scythe or (in modern use) mowing-machine.
  • n. A heap or pile of hay, or of sheaves of grain, deposited in a barn; also, in the west of England, a rick or stack of hay or grain.
  • n. The compartment in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
  • To put in a mow; lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a pile, heap, or mass in a barn: commonly with away.
  • To be able; may. See may.
  • n. A kinswoman; a sister-in-law.
  • n. A grimace, especially an insulting one; a mock.
  • n. A jest; a joke: commonly in the plural.
  • To make months or grimaces; mock. Compare mop.
  • n. A Chinese land-measure, equal to about one sixth of an English acre.
  • n. Also spelled mou.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
  • v. cut with a blade or mower
  • n. a loft in a barn where hay is stored
  • Verb Form
    mowed    mowing    mown    mows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    grimace    make a face    pull a face    garret    loft    attic   
    Cross Reference
    nae mowes   
    Variant
    mown    mew   
    Form
    mowe    mowen    moun    mowed    mown    mowing    mow down   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    may    can    heap    grimace   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Au    Beau    Bio    Bo    Bordeaux    Boudreaux    Bow    Cloe    Co    Cousteau